Package Guide

MinGW and MSYS core packages

• MinGW
  Minimalist GNU for Windows is a collection of freely available and distributable Windows header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that allow one to produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
• MinGW-Runtime
  The MinGW Runtime is core package that contains headers and libraries to support C functionality.
• mingwPORT Some type of system to automate building external source packages in the mingw environment, by pulling in certain mingw instructions. (?)
• MSYS
  A Minimal SYStem to provide the user with a shell capable of executing POSIX/Bourne configure scripts and Makefiles.
• msysDVLPR?
  MSYS Developer contains a compiler toolset for compiling MSYS applications under the MSYS shell.
• msysDTK?
  MSYS Developer ToolKit contains different toolsets for using/or generating Perl, autoconf, automake scripts among others.
• w32api
  The w32api package provides freely distributable headers and import libraries for Microsoft Windows.

Other MinGW packages

• MinGW Resources
  Where to find other external MinGW resources
• TheNextRelease

Other packages

• bash
• binutils
• bison
• flex
• gcc
  The GNU C++ Compiler is the compiler used by MinGW to compile programs. It does not limit itself to only C++, it can also compile C, ADA, ObjC, etc...
• gdb
  The GNU debugger will help you debug, test, and optimize programs.
• make?

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