Installing a Package in WSL - Ubuntu 20


  1. droidus
    Posts : 19
    windows 10 x64
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    Installing a Package in WSL - Ubuntu 20


    I am running WSL version 1. I am trying to install mingw-w64, but it says it is unable to locate the package. How can I install this?
    I am running 1909.
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  3. Digital Life
    Posts : 822
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Try
    Code:
    sudo apt update
    Then apt search for the package you want
    Code:
    apt search mingw-w64
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
binutils-mingw-w64/focal 2.34-5ubuntu1+8.8 all
  Cross-binutils for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64

binutils-mingw-w64-i686/focal 2.34-5ubuntu1+8.8 amd64
  Cross-binutils for Win32 (x86) using MinGW-w64

binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 2.34-5ubuntu1+8.8 amd64
  Cross-binutils for Win64 (x64) using MinGW-w64

g++-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64

g++-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

g++-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

gcc-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64

gcc-mingw-w64-base/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Compiler Collection for MinGW-w64 (base package)

gcc-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

gdb-mingw-w64/focal 9.1-0ubuntu1+10.9build1 amd64
  Cross-debugger for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64

gdb-mingw-w64-target/focal 9.1-0ubuntu1+10.9build1 all
  Cross-debugger server for Win32 and Win64 using MinGW-w64

gfortran-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64

gfortran-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

gfortran-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Fortran compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

gnat-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU Ada compiler for MinGW-w64

gnat-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Ada compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

gnat-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Ada compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

gobjc++-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU Objective-C++ compiler for MinGW-w64

gobjc++-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Objective-C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

gobjc++-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Objective-C++ compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

gobjc-mingw-w64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 all
  GNU Objective-C compiler for MinGW-w64

gobjc-mingw-w64-i686/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Objective-C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

gobjc-mingw-w64-x86-64/focal 9.3.0-7ubuntu1+22~exp1ubuntu4 amd64
  GNU Objective-C compiler for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

libassuan-mingw-w64-dev/focal 2.5.3-7ubuntu2 all
  IPC library for the GnuPG components -- Windows port

libgcrypt-mingw-w64-dev/focal 1.8.5-5ubuntu1 all
  LGPL Crypto library - Windows development

libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev/focal 1.37-1 all
  library of error values and messages in GnuPG (Windows development)

libksba-mingw-w64-dev/focal 1.3.5-2 all
  X.509 and CMS support library (Windows development)

libnpth-mingw-w64-dev/focal 1.6-1 all
  replacement for GNU Pth using system threads (Windows dev)

libz-mingw-w64/focal 1.2.11+dfsg-2 all
  compression library - Windows runtime

libz-mingw-w64-dev/focal 1.2.11+dfsg-2 all
  compression library - Windows development files

mingw-w64/focal 7.0.0-2 all
  Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows

mingw-w64-common/focal 7.0.0-2 all
  Common files for Mingw-w64

mingw-w64-i686-dev/focal 7.0.0-2 all
  Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

mingw-w64-tools/focal 7.0.0-2 amd64
  Development tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows

mingw-w64-x86-64-dev/focal 7.0.0-2 all
  Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

win-iconv-mingw-w64-dev/focal 0.0.8-3 all
  iconv implementation using Windows API (for cross-building)
    Then install
    Code:
    sudo apt install PACKAGE
    Oh by the way you should really install WSL2 who knows how long wsl1 be supported
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