How to Install mingw32 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install mingw32 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

mingw32 software package provides Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler, 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 mingw32 

mingw32 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the mingw32 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mingw32 *

You will get with mingw32 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

mingw32 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package mingw32
Version 4.2.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1
Description Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove mingw32 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?