MinGW-w64-CRT provides runtime libraries needed by Windows, ranging from basic C and C++ operations to providing DirectX libraries used by many applications including games.
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Binary MinGW-w64, MinGW-w64-binutils-2.42, and MinGW-w64-headers-11.0.1
Install x86_64 MinGW-w64-CRT by running the following commands:
mkdir build-x86_64-crt &&
cd build-x86_64-crt
../mingw-w64-crt/configure --prefix=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32 \
--disable-lib32 \
--enable-lib64 \
--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 \
--enable-wildcard
make
Now, as the root user:
make install
Install i686 MinGW-w64-CRT by running the following commands:
mkdir build-i686-crt &&
cd build-i686-crt
../mingw-w64-crt/configure --prefix=/usr/i686-w64-mingw32 \
--disable-lib64 \
--enable-lib32 \
--host=i686-w64-mingw32 \
--enable-wildcard
make
Now, as the root user:
make install
--prefix=/usr/*: This
option installs the files to their respective architecture for
better separation of architectures.
--{dis,en}able-lib{32,64}:
These options first disable the library format not used by the
architecture then enables the library format that is used by the
architecture.
--host=*: This option
builds files for the architecture passed to it.
--enable-wildcard: This
option enables command line globbing.