Catalogue of HOWTOs on MinGW.org

Here you will find a list of available HOWTO articles, relating to the configuration, use and development of MinGW and MSYS. Additions to this catalogue are always welcome; if you can add an appropriate HOWTO article, please do so.

For an alternative source of MinGW related information, please also refer to the FAQ.

MinGW HOWTOs

Installing MinGW on Win32

HOWTO Install the MinGW (GCC) Compiler Suite

Compiling

HOWTO Compile with gcj

Using External Libraries with MinGW

HOWTO Use Mark J. Kilgard's OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) with MinGW
HOWTO Use the GCC specs file

MinGW and Other Platforms

HOWTO Build MinGW as a Cross Compiler for Win32 Development on GNU Linux
HOWTO Build a MinGW-Win32 Hosted Cross Compiler for Other Platforms

Contributing to MinGW Development

HOWTO Submit Bug Reports for MinGW Defects
HOWTO Submit Patches to Correct MinGW Bugs or Add MinGW Features

MSYS HOWTOs

HOWTO Create an MSYS Build Environment
HOWTO Build MSYS
HOWTO Build an MSYS Application
HOWTO Create an MSYS Release

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.

Setting Up Eclipse for C++ Development (in Windows)