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GCC/MinGW on Windows Quick Setup Guide

Nick Walton

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Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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Nick Walton demonstrates how to quickly install and set up the GCC compiler via MinGW on Windows.

Download from WinLibs: winlibs.com/ Buy my game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2572310 GCC is a more advanced, more up-do-date C compiler (with numerous other compilers too) than Microsoft's "cl". Here's a link to the GNU C language extensions available when compiling with GCC: gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Extensions.html "Hello world" source code: #include "stdio.h" int main(int argc, char **argv) { printf("Hello world!\n"); return 0; }

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What people say. Recommended as a quick and simple guide for setting up a C compiler on Windows.

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Here's how to setup MinGW on Windows: [video And here's how to setup VSCode on Windows: [video
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u/UltimaN3rdin r/C_Programming • Recommends

On “What Windows compiler am I supposed to be using as a beginner?”

I use GCC as part of MinGW. Definitely a "real" compiler, up to date with the latest versions of C. Here's a 2 minute video showing how to install and use it on Windows: [video
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If you are windows follow this tutorial. Use VS Code for compiling and running taks.json file. Better than any IDE. imo
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On “Can I code on windows? What do I need to do this?”

Here's a 2 minute tutorial on installing and using MinGW on Windows: [video And here's how to setup VSCode to compile and debug your C code: link to this video
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Here's how to setup MinGW on Windows: [video And here's how to integrate it with VSCode on Windows: [video
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Here's a quick tutorial on how to install MinGW on Windows very simply: [video
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