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Niko Bellic
Niko Bellic

Reputation: 2550

MinGW (x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc not found)

A make file I got is trying to use

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe

but my system can't find it. Please see picture below.

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x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe is not in C:\MinGW\bin where I expected to find it (although that directory does have gcc.exe and others).

For reference, I used the "Download Installer" link from http://www.mingw.org/ to install MinGW. I'm on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine.

Where/how am I supposed to get x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc ?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 62973

Answers (3)

sailfish009
sailfish009

Reputation: 2929

Same error happened to me, when i build rust compiler. at windows command console,

solved it by run "msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64".

C:\msys64>type run.cmd
msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64

From rust github README page:

Run mingw32_shell.bat or mingw64_shell.bat from wherever you installed MSYS2 (i.e. C:\msys64), depending on whether you want 32-bit or 64-bit Rust. (As of the latest version of MSYS2 you have to run msys2_shell.cmd -mingw32 or msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64 from the command line instead)

Upvotes: 0

eliahonader
eliahonader

Reputation: 219

There are three main versions of the MingW:

1- mingw32-gcc.exe the compiler will build 32-bit applications on 32-bit systems.

2- i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe the compiler will build 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems.

3- x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe the compiler will build 64-bit applications on 64-bit systems.

of course, more details arise once you read the documentation. ensure you are installing the correct version.

Upvotes: 21

M.M
M.M

Reputation: 141534

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe is part of the MinGW-w64 project. This is different to the MinGW project. So you installed the wrong thing.

Here is the homepage for MinGW-w64. For a self-installer, follow the "Mingw-builds" link from the download page.

Upvotes: 12

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