How to Download and Install C Cpp Toolset ( gcc g++ gdb ) in Windows 10 using mingw-64 and msys2

In this tutorial you will learn How to How to Download and Install C Cpp Toolset ( gcc g++ gdb ) in Windows 10 using mingw-64 and msys2

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First we will download and install msys2. After that we open the msys2 terminal and type the following commands.

Update the package database and base packages using

pacman -Syu

Update rest of the base packages

pacman -Su

Now open up the Msys MinGW terminal

To install gcc and g++ for C and C++ ( For 64 bit )

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

To install gcc and g++ for C and C++ ( For 32 bit )

pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gcc

To install the debugger ( gdb ) for C and C++ ( For 64 bit )

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb

To install the debugger ( gdb ) for C and C++ ( For bit )32

pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gdb

Check the program versions

gcc version : gcc --version

g++ version : g++ --version

gdb version : gdb --version