How to Install and Uninstall mingw-w64-x86-64-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-x86-64-dev" package

Learn how to install mingw-w64-x86-64-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mingw-w64-x86-64-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mingw-w64-x86-64-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-x86-64-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mingw-w64-x86-64-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 72966
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: wine64
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-x86-64-dev_4.0.4-2_all.deb
Size: 3238308
MD5sum: d846be1670911c1e180bacf9270dcecb
SHA1: fb1f483fca80b21f1b021b19f39823cedd1c346a
SHA256: 720a6b3ccf66ec0d27a2cec80bd288997e59f5d14aea9216e1d66bbcf1dd4438
Description-en: Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64
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
64-bit software using MinGW-w64.
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The wine64 package can be used to test software built using MinGW-w64
without using Windows.
Description-md5: 7b19c5c4a72a02cd58ba6def67e7bcba
Homepage: http://mingw-w64.sf.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu