Top "Mingw" questions

MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is a native software port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils for use in the development of native Microsoft Windows applications.

A simple explanation of what is MinGW

I'm an avid Python user and it seems that I require MinGW to be installed on my Windows machine to …

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MinGW-w32 vs. MinGW

What's the difference between the MinGW project and the 32-bit portion of the MinGW-w64 project? Does the 32-bit portion of …

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socket() return -1 but errno 0

I tried to create a UDP socket on mingw, but socket() returns -1, with errno = 0. Strange. I have included winsock2.…

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What is the best way to install pkg-config on Mingw in 2014?

What is a good way at this moment (October 2014) to install pkg-config on Windows in a (no HTTPS) MinGW / MinGW-w64 …

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Build GMP on 64bit Windows

I have followed the instruction on the "GMP Install Instruction for Windows Platform". I could build a 32bit version of …

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ValueError: Unknown MS Compiler version 1900

I am trying to run some code with Python 3.5 on Windows 10 with the use of cygwin (mingw). To be precise …

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Differences between Mingw-w64 and TDM-GCC for a simple GDI project

I need to build a simple non-commercial tool (dealing with Windows GDI API) on Win64 for Win64 (no cross compilation). …

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Programming for Android in a 100% C++ Environment?

I've been working on a game engine runtime environment in C++ for my future games, and have started to consider …

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Why does my Qt 4.5 app open a console window under Windows?

I've been playing around with Qt Creator 4.5 under Linux. My application builds just fine under Linux, but if I build …

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Installing theano on Windows 8 with GPU enabled

I understand that the Theano support for Windows 8.1 is at experimental stage only but I wonder if anyone had any …

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