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rei_x_6313
rei_x_6313

Reputation: 273

MinGW's mingw-get fails downloading packages

I'm trying to set up MinGW. I have downloaded the latest installer, which installs mingw-get but this utility fails to fetch the packages and gives the following kind of messages:

mingw-get: * ERROR * Get package: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-4.5.2-1-mingw32-lic.tar.lzma?download: download failed

There is no firewall running. Anyone had the same problem?

Thanks to all.

Upvotes: 14

Views: 25242

Answers (5)

Vortex
Vortex

Reputation: 1

If you run the file as an administrator, it should work

Upvotes: 0

Ysueey8sus
Ysueey8sus

Reputation: 1

This problem comes from the network. I can't download it by using my fiber broadband microtalk communication bit it still downloading by using my jio mobile network.

Upvotes: 0

Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma

Reputation: 7

Try installing it from osdn.net Here's the link: https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/releases/ It's same as sourceforge but was able to connect and download worked for me and my friends!

Upvotes: -1

Andrey Kalinin
Andrey Kalinin

Reputation: 41

Try with "Administrator rights" . It helped me.

Upvotes: 4

JoeSlav
JoeSlav

Reputation: 4795

This problem has happened to me too and was due to - I guess - temporary problems to either the network or sourgeforge itself. I suggest retrying after a while.

Upvotes: 2

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