liam-tools-gcc v0.0.1

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• You will probably want to install some tools like the mingw-w64 GCC to start compiling projects. Run the following command: pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain

• The terminal window will show the output as below. Press 'Enter' to continue:

    resolving dependencies...
    looking for conflicting packages...
  
    Packages (15) mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-binutils-2.41-2
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-crt-git-11.0.0.r216.gffe883434-1
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-libs-13.2.0-2  mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gmp-6.3.0-2
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-headers-git-11.0.0.r216.gffe883434-1
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-isl-0.26-1  mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libiconv-1.17-3
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libwinpthread-git-11.0.0.r216.gffe883434-1
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpc-1.3.1-2  mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpfr-4.2.1-2
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-windows-default-manifest-6.4-4
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-winpthreads-git-11.0.0.r216.gffe883434-1
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zlib-1.3-1  mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zstd-1.5.5-1
                mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-13.2.0-2
  
    Total Download Size:    49.38 MiB
    Total Installed Size:  418.82 MiB
  
    :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
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• Now you can call gcc to build software for Windows.

gcc --version
gcc.exe (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 13.2.0

• After installing MSYS2 it will update itself via pacman, see the update guide for more information.

Add the path of your MinGW-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment variable by using the following steps:

In the Windows search bar, type Settings to open your Windows Settings. Search for Edit environment variables for your account. In your User variables, select the Path variable and then select Edit. Select New and add the MinGW-w64 destination folder you recorded during the installation process to the list. If you used the default settings above, then this will be the path: C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin. Select OK, and then select OK again in the Environment Variables window to update the PATH environment variable. You have to reopen any console windows for the updated PATH environment variable to be available.

Check your MinGW installation To check that your MinGW-w64 tools are correctly installed and available, open a new Command Prompt and type:

gcc --version
g++ --version
gdb --version

You should see output that states which versions of GCC, g++ and GDB you have installed. If this is not the case:

• Make sure your PATH variable entry matches the MinGW-w64 binary location where the toolchain was installed. If the compilers do not exist at that PATH entry, make sure you followed the previous instructions.
• If gcc has the correct output but not gdb, then you need to install the packages you are missing from the MinGW-w64 toolset.
  • If on compilation you are getting the "The value of miDebuggerPath is invalid." message, one cause can be you are missing the mingw-w64-gdb package.