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Installing C++/g++/Mingw-w64 on Windows

1. Install Msys2 from msys2.org
2. Complete the steps and open Msys2
3. Update package databases pacman -Syu
4. Update rest of base packages pacman -Su
5. Install Mingw-w64 pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
6. Install CMake pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
7. Install Ninja pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja
8. Make sure to launch MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit with administrator rights ( This is !mportant...!!!)

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Installing C++ Boost Libraries on Windows using MSYS2

• This Guide assumes that you have installed msys2, mingw-64 using this link https://gist.github.com/ahmednawazkhan/4da8acbdafe0798527874b0f00f16e45
• This guide was made with the help of https://gist.github.com/sim642/29caef3cc8afaa273ce6

1. Download boost from https://www.boost.org/users/download/
2. Extract the contents to /c/downloads/boost_1_77_0
3. Create a folder within for building. /c/downloads/boost_1_77_0/build
4. Create a folder for Boost Build installation /c/downloads/boost-build