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A project I'm trying to compile needs mingw32. apt-get install gives me Unable to locate package mingw32.
Doing an apt cache search yields many options and I need help choosing one that will work or eliminate this error.
System info:
4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 15:35:06 UTC 2015
Any ideas?
This package is in universe repository of Ubuntu. So make sure you have enabled universe in /etc/apt/sources.list
To install it use the command:
sudo apt-get install mingw32
It will install packages mingw32 mingw32-binutils mingw32-runtime automatically
and
sudo apt-cache search mingw32
mingw32 - Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler
mingw32-binutils - Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binutils
mingw32-runtime - Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) runtime
no need to select one. These packages are dependency of mingw32
Note : Currently these packages are available in trusty, utopic and earlier version of Ubuntu. If you are using the latest Ubuntu version then check Ubuntu package search if package available or not. If not then either download package and install manually or download source and compile it.
EDIT: You can also try this:
For 32bit system:
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32/mingw32_4.2.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32-binutils/mingw32-binutils_2.20-0.2ubuntu1_i386.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32-runtime/mingw32-runtime_3.15.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
For 64bit system
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32/mingw32_4.2.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32-binutils/mingw32-binutils_2.20-0.2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mingw32-runtime/mingw32-runtime_3.15.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Install these packages using the command:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
If it shows dependencies then use command :
sudo apt-get install -f
and again install
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
I had the same issue. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60387020/unable-to-locate-package-any-package-mingw32-mingw64-curses-on-ubuntu-18-04/60389640#60389640
The package name you're using is incorrect. go to this link and check the for the correct package name. https://packages.ubuntu.com/
Or see the above mentioned linked you'll see all the steps to follow.
I hope this will help.
