Set the environment variable path as C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin in case if you have installed gcc using pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc.
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You can install gcc using: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc and set environment variable path as C:\msys64\mingw64\bin.
Answer from Shiv Buyya on Stack Overflowthe instalation of GCC seemed to work fine, but when i run gcc -- version, i get greeted by "bash:gcc: command not found" response. i followed the instructions with every step. what could be the issue?
I found a fix thanks to chatgpt ( who would've thought). turns out the MSYS2 link from the vs code page was simply outdated, so i used this one from the MSYS2 page and ran the commands in the ucrt window. I will leave this here in hopes someone else finds and needs this
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Since you installed mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc it seems like you want to compile 64-bit native Windows applications. Therefore, you should start MSYS2 by running mingw64.exe, found at the top level of your MSYS2 installation. That will put /mingw64/bin/ on your PATH and set some other useful environment variables.
Solution
I have found simply adding C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to the host windows computers PATH variable this, in turn, adds \mingw64\bin to the MSYS2 $PATH solving the problem.
Hi,
I have installed gcc in Windows 11 environment, but I want to execute gtk, I searched the following link:
https://www.msys2.org/
I installed msys2-x86_64-2025221.exe
After that I tried the following command:
pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc
but finally gcc is not working please guide me.
The output is:
MSYS ~
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (16) mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-binutils-2.44-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-crt-git-12.0.0.r576.g49111ba98-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-libs-14.2.0-3 mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gettext-runtime-0.24-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gmp-6.3.0-2
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-headers-git-12.0.0.r576.g49111ba98-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-isl-0.27-1 mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libiconv-1.18-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libwinpthread-git-12.0.0.r576.g49111ba98-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpc-1.3.1-2 mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpfr-4.2.1-2
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-windows-default-manifest-6.4-4
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-winpthreads-git-12.0.0.r576.g49111ba98-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zlib-1.3.1-1 mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zstd-1.5.7-1
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-14.2.0-3
Total Download Size: 65.83 MiB
Total Installed Size: 519.08 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages...
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-... 43.5 MiB 14.3 MiB/s 00:03 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-isl-... 1453.5 KiB 420 KiB/s 00:03 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libi... 725.4 KiB 930 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-... 1021.6 KiB 823 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zstd... 642.3 KiB 2.55 MiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gmp-... 578.5 KiB 963 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpfr... 535.7 KiB 1739 KiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpc-... 128.3 KiB 594 KiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gett... 311.6 KiB 499 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zlib... 92.1 KiB 165 KiB/s 00:01 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-winp... 39.8 KiB 128 KiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-binu... 6.0 MiB 994 KiB/s 00:06 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-head... 6.4 MiB 1046 KiB/s 00:06 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libw... 28.6 KiB 97.4 KiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-wind... 3.0 KiB 12.9 KiB/s 00:00 [###############################] 100%
mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-crt-... 4.6 MiB 679 KiB/s 00:07 [###############################] 100%
Total (16/16) 65.8 MiB 9.35 MiB/s 00:07 [###############################] 100%
(16/16) checking keys in keyring [###############################] 100%
(16/16) checking package integrity [###############################] 100%
(16/16) loading package files [###############################] 100%
(16/16) checking for file conflicts [###############################] 100%
(16/16) checking available disk space [###############################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libwinpthread-git [###############################] 100%
( 2/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc-libs [###############################] 100%
( 3/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libiconv [###############################] 100%
( 4/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gettext-runtime [###############################] 100%
( 5/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zlib [###############################] 100%
( 6/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zstd [###############################] 100%
( 7/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-binutils [###############################] 100%
( 8/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-headers-git [###############################] 100%
( 9/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-crt-git [###############################] 100%
(10/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gmp [###############################] 100%
(11/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-isl [###############################] 100%
(12/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpfr [###############################] 100%
(13/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-mpc [###############################] 100%
(14/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-windows-default... [###############################] 100%
(15/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-winpthreads-git [###############################] 100%
(16/16) installing mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc [###############################] 100%
zulfi@DESKTOP-070V6RM MSYS ~
$ gcc --version
-bash: gcc: command not foundHowever, gcc is already working on my computer on windows shell,
c:\msys64>gcc gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated.
I want to install gtk.
Somebody please guide me.
Zulfi.
Unable to resolve configuration with compilerPath "gcc". Using "C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe" instead. (this is visual studio code ide)
$ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gdb will not be enough.
You will need the full UCRT64 Toolchain.
Install Toolchain
To use ucrt64 gcc compiler, you will need to follow the instructions of mentioned https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw But instead of the mingW64 Toolchain you need to install the UCRT Toolchain (you can also have both of them, they go into different directories and don't conflict, but you should only have one of them in your path at a time, so you can only use them one at a time).
The command for this is
pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain
Important:
You have to enter this command into the msys-Console, which is kind of purple not the msys ucrt-console nor the msys MingW console if any of these are present.
This will fill up your ucrt64 directory with a whole bunch of files.
Setting Path
If this directory is already correctly populated, you may not have set your path correctly. Do it as menioned in said https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw , but again, use the
C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin
instead of C:\msys64\mingw64\bin(if you followed the standard paths of msys2)
You will have to restart any consoles, including vscode, to inherit and reflect your changed path in your development environment of vscode.
important:
If you have many entrances in your Path, make sure your ucrt-path is not too far at the end. I'm not the only and last one that got all sorts of trouble whith msys2 in vscode because of this. See here: Setting up vscode with msys2 clang
Try installing GDB by running this in your Bash shell:
pacman -S $MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX-gdb