


Look for mingw-get-setup.exe for downloading.Hence, instead of their official website, download from MinGW SourceForge page Important Edit: MinGW official website is now down (as of 24th March 2021). You'll be redirected to the site which hosts the files. Go to MinGW official website and click on 'Downloads' on the left panel.This article is written so that the installation process is made easier than most of the trashy articles I had to go through. 1000 rage-quits later, I present you this article. But for those of you who were constant users of Windows and Command Prompt, and never felt the necessity for a C compiler, GCC seems to come out of the blue and a tough nut to install. GCC, abbreviation for 'GNU Compiler Collection' (thanks (and not Gulf Cooperation Council, like I'd assumed) is a necessity if you (or your pesky college) is into C Programming.Īlmost all Linux distros come pre-installed with it so they are out of the trouble.
