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How to build linux tools via MingW64 in 2021?

I'm trying to follow this example to build wget2: https://gnutoolchains.com/building/

I've installed x86_64-8.1.0-win32-seh-rt_v6-rev0 preset (?) and first tried to build old version of wget1, but I've reached dead end. There is no way to run ./configure to create build target rules. Did I install something wrong? How I'm supposed to know what exactly is to install? Is it each new preset for each application I want to build? How I'm supposed to handle the insane list of requirements of wget2:

https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2#build-requirements

And lastly - why is it so jank? Is it by design?

Solution

  • There is a way to run ./configure on Windows. You need MSYS2 for that, which will give you a bash shell and the tools needed by ./configure.

    MSYS2 comes with a package manager (pacman) which allows you to install a more recent MinGW-w64.