OS-Windows-POSIX-MSYS2

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OS-Windows-POSIX

OS-Windows

From the MSYS2 Home Page:

MSYS2 is a software distro and building platform for Windows

At its core is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software. It provides a bash shell, Autotools, revision control systems and the like for building native Windows applications using MinGW-w64 toolchains.

It features a package management system to provide easy installation of packages, Pacman. It brings many powerful features such as dependency resolution and simple complete system upgrades, as well as straight-forward package building.

Features

• Supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows environments.
• Numerous shell-based environments/tools like:
  • BASH
  • Perl
  • Python
• Has Windows-native version control tools like:
  • Bazaar
  • CVS
  • Git
• Contains package management tools:
  • pacman

Packages

Packages of local interest:

• cvs

Installation

Base Install

Installation restrictions:

• MSYS2 no longer supports Windows XP.
• MSYS2 does not install on FAT* partitions.

To perform a base installation:

1. Download the "x86_64" installer for 64-bit Windows systems.

   The "i686" installer is optimal only for 32-bit Windows systems.

2. Run the selected downloaded msys2-x86_64-CCYYMMDD.exe installer (i.e. msys2-x86_64-20161025.exe)
3. Interact with the installer:

4. MSYS2 64bit Setup 

   Welcome to the MSYS2 64bit Setup Wizard 

   [ Next ]

   Installation Folder 

   C:\msys64

   [ Next ]

   Start Menu shortcuts 

   MSYS2 64bit

   [ Next ]

   Installing MSYS2 64bit 

   ...

   Completing the MSYS2 64bit Wizard. 

   [✓] Run MSYS2 64bit now.

   [ Finish ]

5. Complete installation in an MSYS2 shell:

   M ~ 

   user@hostname MSYS ~ 

   pacman -Syu

   Update the package database and core system packages.

   pacman -Syu

   Update the package database and core system packages.

   Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

   Y

   warning: terminate MSYS2 without returning to shell and check for updates again

   warning: for example close your terminal window instead of calling exit

   M ~ 

   [X]

   mintty 

   /!\ Processes are running in session:

       Close anyway?

   [ OK ]

Base Update