MinGW HOWTOs
Installing MinGW on Win32
- HOWTO Install the MinGW (GCC) Compiler Suite [2]
- HOWTO Interpret the Names of Packages Distributed by MinGW.org [3]
- HOWTO Write Specifications for Packages to be Distributed via mingw-get [4]
- HOWTO Understanding effects of build directory options on a relocatable MinGW GCC default's paths [5]
Compiling and Linking
- HOWTO Compile Programs with MinGW -- A Guide for New Users [6]
- HOWTO Compile Programs with GCJ [7]
- HOWTO Solve Hanging Linking Under Windows 7 [8]
- HOWTO Exporting a class from a DLL for multiple instantiations [9]
Using External Libraries with MinGW
- HOWTO Specify Header or Include File Search Paths [10]
- HOWTO Specify the Location of External Libraries for Use by GCC [11]
- HOWTO Customise Search Paths, Using the GCC Specs File [12]
- HOWTO Use Mark J. Kilgard's OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) with MinGW [13]
- HOWTO Compile the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) for Win32 with MinGW [14]
- HOWTO Compile and Use the Mpatrol memory leak detection library [15]
MinGW and Other Platforms
- HOWTO Build MinGW as a Cross Compiler for Win32 Development on GNU Linux [16]
- HOWTO Build a MinGW-Win32 Hosted Cross Compiler for Other Platforms [17]
Contributing to MinGW Development
- HOWTO Submit Bug Reports for MinGW Defects [18]
- HOWTO Submit Patches to Correct MinGW Bugs or to Add MinGW Features [19]
MSYS HOWTOs
- HOWTO Create an MSYS Build Environment [20]
- HOWTO Build MSYS [21]
- HOWTO Build an MSYS Application [22]
- HOWTO Create an MSYS Release [23]
User Contributed HOWTOs
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Offsite HOWTO References
The following are not directly maintained on MinGW.org, but may be of interest to MinGW users. Since the reference documentation is not maintained by MinGW.org, don't blame us if any of these stop working; if you report it, we'll just delete the links, so you may as well do that yourself.
