How to Install MinGW

Step 1 - Create directory c:\mingw

Step 2 - Download the following files into c:\mingw

1. binutils-2.20.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
2. gcc-c++-4.5.0-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma
3. gcc-core-4.5.0-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma
4. gdb-7.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
5. libexpat-2.0.1-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.gz
   
6. libgcc-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma
7. libgmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dll-10.tar.lzma
8. libmpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma
9. libmpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma
10. libstdc++-4.5.0-1-mingw32-dll-6.tar.lzma
    
11. make-3.81-20090914-mingw32-bin.tar.gz
12. mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dev.tar.gz
13. mingwrt-3.18-mingw32-dll.tar.gz
14. w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz
    
    
15. grep-2.5.4-bin.zip
16. grep-2.5.4-dep.zip
    

Step 3 - Extract the files you downloaded with 7-Zip 4.65 into c:\mingw

Step 4 - Check that you have the following directories

1. c:\mingw\bin
2. c:\mingw\doc
3. c:\mingw\include
4. c:\mingw\lib
5. c:\mingw\libexec
6. c:\mingw\mingw
7. c:\mingw\share

Step 5 - Start a console

• start > run > cmd > enter
  

Step 6 - Set the system path

• path=c:\mingw\;%path%

Step 7 - Test

• Go to directory c:\
• Enter "mingw32-make --version"
• You should see, "GNU Make 3.81"