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Version: v5.9.0

Setup MSYS2 tools on Windows

Provide two ways to install the MSYS2 tools package on Windows:

  • Online installation
  • Offline installation

Install the MSYS2 - Online​

This is a reference to MSYS2. A few additional notes have also been added.

  1. Download the latest msys2 installer from https://www.msys2.org/

  2. Run the installer. MSYS2 requires 64 bit Windows 7 or newer.

  3. Enter your desired Installation Folder (short ASCII-only path on an NTFS volume, no accents, no spaces, no symlinks, no subst or network drives, no FAT).

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Install the MSYS2 – Offline​

Skip these steps if you have already run steps in Section 2.1.

  1. Get the offline installation package msys64.zip from NETINT Support team.

  2. Unzip the msys64.zip to the C: folder. The essential tools have already been installed in this package.

  3. To start building using the mingw-w64 GCC, go to the installation folder C:\msys64 and run mingw64.exe.

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This offline zip package comes with home folder C:\msys64\home\Administrator

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This offline zip package comes with a ffmpeg tar file base_ffmpeg_n4.2.1.tar.gz. If following the offline Section 2.2, you will untar this file in the steps for Section 3.2. File can be found in C:\msys64\home\Administrator folder.