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Install MinGW

v2.1.0

Install MinGW

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Install MinGW

Install MinGW-w64

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Install MinGW

uses: egor-tensin/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in egor-tensin/setup-mingw

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Set up MinGW-w64

Test

This GitHub action sets up MinGW-w64 in your workflow run.

  1. Installs MinGW-w64 on either Ubuntu or Windows.
  2. Fixes the infamous libwinpthread-1.dll static linking issue.

Use it in your workflow like this:

- name: Set up MinGW
  uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
  with:
    platform: x64
  • x64 is the default value for the platform parameter and can be omitted. Use x86 if you want to build 32-bit binaries.
  • Set the cygwin parameter to 1 to set up MinGW inside an existing Cygwin installation (see my other action for setting up Cygwin itself).
  • cc and c++ executables are set up, pointing to the *-gcc and *-g++ executables. Disable this by setting the cc parameter to 0.

API

Input Value Default Description
platform x64 Install the x86_64 toolchain.
any Install the i686 toolchain.
cygwin any Install native binaries.
1 Install Cygwin packages.
static 1 Enable the static-linking workaround.
any Disable the static-linking workaround.
cc 1 Set up cc/c++ executables.
any Don't set up cc/c++.
hardlinks any Cygwin: don't convert any symlinks.
1 Cygwin: convert symlinks in /usr/bin to hardlinks.
Output Example Description
prefix x86_64-w64-mingw32 Cross-compilation toolchain prefix
gcc x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc gcc binary name
gxx i686-w64-mingw32-g++ g++ binary name
windres i686-w64-mingw32-windres windres binary name

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.