Re: [Msys2-users] MinGW - MSYS2 interraction

[Jonathan B. <jon...@gm...>]

Am 05.01.2015 um 18:24 schrieb Bill Lee:
> My first attempt at installing and using MinGW on a Windows7 platform
> involved downloading MinGW and using the mingw-get application. As best
> as I can tell that properly loaded MinGW32 and MSYS since MSYS2 is not
> an option.
>
> At Pete Batard's suggestion I downloaded a fresh copy of mingw-w64 and
> installed it, followed by a download of MSYS2. This is where the fun began!
>
> 1) Where in the directory hierarchy of the minGW64 should the MSYS2 be
> loaded? r should it even BE IN the MinGW hierarchy?
>
> 2) How do I resolve the fact that between the MinGW install and the
> MSYS2 install there are several(!) 'lib' 'include' 'bin' 'and so-forth"
> floating around, bits and pieces of :stuff: that you need to work with
> floating everywhere.
>
> As an example: I open a command window in MSYS2 (very nice bash
> implementation, much better than the MSYS version). But none of the
> compilers are visible! A "which g++" returns not found. But the compiler
> IS there, in a /bin directory located somewhere in the minGW hierarchy!
>
> 3) Is there a comparable tool t mingw-get that operates with the
> MinGW64/MSYS2 combination? Yes, I know of pacman and used it for the
> MSYS2 effort, but is there a pacman-like tool for the whole thing? Like
> mingw-get? And if not, why not and what does a poor user have to do to
> work around the lack?

You don't need to install both separate. Install MSYS2 run 
msys2_shell.bat and type "pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain" for the 
32bit compilers or "pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain" for the 64bit 
compilers. There is also many other packages for this you can take a 
look at: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages all this you can 
install with pacman. After install the mingw-w64 compiler you can run 
"mingw32_shell.bat" or "mingw64_shell.bat" for compiling.

Regards
Jonathan