How to install cygwin and mingw under windows 7?

Question

I want to use gcc (and g ++) under Windows 7. I download cygwin (installation file: setup.exe) ...

So what packages are really needed ?! He suggests installing a lot of packages, but I think that for C ++ development, not all of this is really necessary.

Answer 1

• gcc4-g++ for Cygwin programs
• mingw64-i686-gcc-g++ for 32-bit MinGW programs
• mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++ for 64-bit MinGW programs

Setup.exe will choose its dependencies for you, such as gcc-core or binutils.

, make, . : cygutils, diffutils, util-linux, inetutils, openssh, mintty.

Answer 2

gcc g++, MinGW Distro, . . : http://nuwen.net/mingw.html Distro. gcc boost (4.7.2 1.52.0 9.5). make, git .

, zip-.

, Cygwin GCC, recomment MinGW Distro Cygwin.

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