How to Install mingw-w64 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mingw-w64 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mingw-w64 software package provides Development environment targetting 32- and 64-bit Windows, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mingw-w64 

mingw-w64 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mingw-w64 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mingw-w64 *

You will get with mingw-w64 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mingw-w64 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package mingw-w64
Version 3.1.0-1
Description Development environment targetting 32- and 64-bit Windows
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mingw-w64 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?