The following set of instructions use 64-bit versions of the installers and packages (named x86_64), which should be appropriate for modern operating systems. If you have an older, 32-bit, you should use the i686 version. The sytem type can be found under the "System type:" field of System Information. On Windows 7, this can be accessed by: Start Menu -> Right Click "My Computer" -> Select Properties. On Windows 10, this can be accessed by opeining the Start Menu, then typing "About your PC.
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Download and install MSYS2 following the directions at the website. Note, that both x86_64 and i686 installers are available. MSYS2 provides a bash shell, revision control systems and the like for building native Windows applications using MinGW-w64 toolchains.
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The installation process starts a MSYS bash shell, by default. Using this shell, we will update the packages to the latest version with: pacman -Syu
. This update typically requires that the MSYS shell be