How to Install and Uninstall mingw-w64-i686-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-i686-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mingw-w64-i686-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mingw-w64-i686-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mingw-w64-i686-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mingw-w64-i686-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mingw-w64-i686-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mingw-w64-i686-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 43078
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: all
Source: mingw-w64
Version: 4.0.4-2
Replaces: libpthreads-mingw-w64, mingw-w64-dev (= 3.0~svn4933-1), mingw-w64-dev (<< 2.0.3-1)
Depends: mingw-w64-common
Suggests: wine
Breaks: gcc-mingw-w64 (<< 4.6.0), libpthreads-mingw-w64, mingw-w64-dev (= 3.0~svn4933-1), mingw-w64-dev (<< 2.0.3-1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-i686-dev_4.0.4-2_all.deb
Size: 2058556
MD5sum: 7b54691c287dac13c5fa344971197c4a
SHA1: abdbca953a9a62563dcb9b45f3b6c9a4f62ac479
SHA256: 96fcc3ee3ea6a2686e98b9e09d472279775aa17ad051a2571e8031b7940ebb52
Description-en: Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32
MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and
64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and
the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).
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This package contains the headers and libraries required to build
32-bit software using MinGW-w64.
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The wine package can be used to test software built using MinGW-w64
without using Windows.
Description-md5: c8c37b8041ae083173a5f84791374229
Homepage: http://mingw-w64.sf.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu