Adding gdb to MinGW

In a command prompt I browsed to C:\MinGW\bin and ran: mingw-get.exe install gdb That fixed it for me. Not sure if it matters but I have C:\MinGW\bin in my path (guess I probably didn’t need to browse to C:\MinGW\bin).

Undefined reference to WinMain (C++ MinGW)

Newer Mingw versions support -municode linker option switching to alternate startup code allowing to use wWinMain instead of WinMain (or wmain instead of main). Add it to your command line, linker options in IDE or makefile. g++ other_options_and_arguments -municode Older versions do not support this option. One thing to note is that Visual C++ supports … Read more

Step by step instruction to install Rust and Cargo for mingw with Msys2?

The Using Rust on Windows page you linked to dates from before rustup replaced the installer as the default option to install Rust. Installers are still available, but you should use rustup if possible, because it makes it easy to update and to use multiple toolchains at once (e.g. stable, beta and nightly). If you … Read more

MinGW c++ compiler zlib1.dll missing error?

I had this same problem, but fixed it like this: I ran the MinGW Installation Manager (e.g. C:\MinGW\libexec\mingw-get\guimain.exe). I navigated to All Packages -> MinGW -> MinGW Libraries. I checked the boxes next to mingw32-libz (dev & dll). I went to Installation -> Apply Changes. Now everything worked properly.