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mingw path in environment variable on windows10

I am trying to add a mingw compiler in windows on qtcreator and i have done what the internet has said, add the path to system environment variable. C:\Qt\5.15.0\mingw81_64\bin is the path i used(no spaces) but when i tried to do a gcc -version in cmd, i get

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

setpath gives me

C:\>set path
Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;...C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Qt\5.15.0\mingw81_64\bin;...
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

What do i do to fix this?

Solution

  • Can you check it really exists there by running:

    DIR C:\Qt\5.15.0\mingw81_64\bin\gcc.exe

    If it's not there then try

    DIR C:\Qt\5.15.0\mingw81_64\bin\*gcc.exe

    to see if you have something like x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe, which is what you should use then instead.