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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install mingw-w64-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mingw-w64-tools
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "mingw-w64-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mingw-w64-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mingw-w64-tools
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the mingw-w64-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mingw-w64-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1018
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Source: mingw-w64
Version: 4.0.4-2
Provides: pkg-config-mingw-w64-i686, pkg-config-mingw-w64-x86-64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), pkg-config
Filename: pool/universe/m/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-tools_4.0.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 210706
MD5sum: 14c2b3633d4828d2482c33adf443af84
SHA1: 71c4c3db63c7d29200d2e82e2964b96483e8d9d7
SHA256: 8edcc84e546c7d494d87730ecb0024a8e9bf744ee4c3471a497323a65876d44c
Description-en: Development tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows
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).
.
This package contains:
* gendef, which extracts DLL exports from Windows executables;
* genidl, which extracts IDL information from Windows executables;
* genpeimg, which manipulates PE flags in Windows executables;
* widl, which generates build files from IDL descriptions;
* pkg-config symlinks to allow .pc-based libraries to be used.
Description-md5: e51ae65009b54dc317e276561f73ef47
Homepage: http://mingw-w64.sf.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu