MinGW / mSys Installer

The description of MinGW and mSys, as taken from the MinGW Website is:

  • MinGW: A collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows specific header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that allow one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
  • MSYS: A Minimal SYStem to provide POSIX/Bourne configure scripts the ability to execute and create a Makefile used by make.

When combined with:

  1. The Eclipse IDE
  2. The CDT C/C++ Add-on for Eclipse

MinGW / mSys enable developers to create windows-based applications, using GCC-based utilities in a feature-rich IDE-environment, without paying anything in development tool license fees.

This installer file was created to simplify the installation process when installing MinGW, mSys, Eclipse, and Eclipse-CDT. The install file contains the following MingGW / mSys packages:

Package NameDate of release
gcc-core-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz Sep 21, 2004 14:52
gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz Sep 21, 2004 15:34
gcc-objc-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz Sep 21, 2004 16:11
MSYS-1.0.10.exe Mar 16, 2004 11:08
mingw-runtime-3.9.tar.gz Oct 27, 2005 17:10
mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz Feb 21, 2004 14:21
w32api-3.5.tar.gz Oct 29, 2005 17:19
binutils-2.14.90-info-html.tar.gz Jan 20, 2004 17:29
binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1.tar.gz Sep 04, 2004 22:08
gdb-5.2.1-1.exe Feb 17, 2003 16:03
mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.exe Jun 19, 2003 08:42

To start software developing using Eclipse in conjunction with MinGW / mSys, simply download and run the installer below (18MB), following the various prompts. This enables command-line-based software development; to use Eclipse, download and install Eclipse, then follow the instructions on the CDT downloads page to install the C/C++ Development Tools add-on.

Conditions of Use

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTALLER-CREATOR OR THE ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF THE CONTENTS OF THE INSTALLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSTALLER, USE OF ITS CONTENTS OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Utilities Used

The following utilities were used in the creation of the Installer, and are available for download from their respective websites as follows:

Contact Us

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