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How to update mintty for msys2 or Ubuntu on Windows?

Msys2

To update mintty packaged with msys2, first download the latest version of mintty from here. Download the mintty tarball and extract it. Then copy mintty.exe to MSYS2_ROOT/usr/bin to replace the old mintty.exe file.

Restart msys2 and you should be albe to use the latest mintty. Reference here.

Ubuntu on Windows

Install the latest wsltty release from here. Mintty will be updated.

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