mingw is not installing

Mingw is a compiler for C++ in Windows. During the installation, you may face several issues related to installation. One of the reasons could be your network.

Alternative to mingw

You can use msys2 for the installation of the compiler.

Benefits of msys2

It has all the compilers available for C++.
It has all the versions available for the compiler.
Updating the compiler is easy.

Installation steps:

Download msys2 from the website. Website link: https://www.msys2.org/

(*) Go to the installation section and download.

Leave everything as default and click on Next.
Install it as you would install other software.

After installation of msys2

Open msys2 from the Start menu.
Type the following command

pacman -Syu

If prompted, type y
Type the following command

pacman -Su

If prompted, type y
Type the following command to install gcc

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

If prompted, type y
For the installation of gdb, type the following command

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb

If prompted, type y

Till now, your installation is done. It’s time to set the environment variable.

Set environment variable

Open the Start menu and search for environment variable. Click on this

Click on Environment Variables option
Double-click on Path in User variables.
- Click on New and paste "C:\msys64\mingw64\bin" (Verify the path exists on your computer. If not, go to the msys64 folder, then mingw64, copy the bin folder path, and paste it.)
- Click OK, then OK again, and once more OK.