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Install C++/Mingw-w64/g++ on windows
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Installing C++/g++/Mingw-w64 on Windows

  1. Install Msys2 from msys2.org
  2. Complete the steps and open Msys2
  3. Update package databases pacman -Syu
  4. Update rest of base packages pacman -Su
  5. Install Mingw-w64 pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
  6. Install CMake pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
  7. Install Ninja pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja
  8. Make sure to launch MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit with administrator rights ( This is !mportant...!!!)
    1. make sure you have access to cmake by running cmake, g++ by running g++ --version
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me21 commented Feb 10, 2025

I don't think MSYS2 needs administrator rights. It didn't for me. Maybe it would if you initially installed it with administrator rights.

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we'll see cuz i just installed it with admin

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