mingw-w64-build

mingw-w64-build is a Bash script for downloading and building the mingw-w64 toolchain.

Requirements

• Linux, macOS/Darwin, or similar
• Development environment, e.g. autotools, gcc/clang, Xcode

Installation

Copy mingw-w64-build to a directory in your PATH such as /usr/local/bin and make it executable.

Usage

The basic syntax is:

mingw-w64-build [-f | --force] [-j # | --jobs #] [--disable-gdb] target [install-dir]

Where:

• -f, --force remove and replace existing target (overwrite)
• -j, --jobs number of concurrent build jobs to run, default: 0 (automatic)
• --disable-gdb disable building GDB debugger

Available targets:

• i686
• i686.clean
• i686.distclean
• x86_64
• x86_64.clean
• x86_64.distclean
• pkgclean

Default installation directory is ~/toolchains/mingw-w64-<version>-gcc-<gcc_version>.

Example: build both i686 and x86_64 targets, then remove source and build files and downloaded packages, leaving only the output.

mingw-w64-build i686 && mingw-w64-build x86_64
mingw-w64-build i686.clean && mingw-w64-build x86_64.clean
mingw-w64-build pkgclean

Following successful building of each toolchain, the script provides instructions for adding the output binaries directory to your PATH.

To remove the output and start over:

mingw-w64-build i686.distclean && mingw-w64-build x86_64.distclean

Full usage:

mingw-w64-build --help

Components

• binutils
• config
• gcc
• gdb
• gmp
• isl
• mingw-w64
• mpc
• mpfr
• winpthreads

Display components list with version information:

mingw-w64-build --list

License

Copyright 2023 Bradley Sepos
Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.