How to install gcc in Windows

Installation

1. MinGW official website is now down (as of 24th March 2021). Hence, instead of their official website, download from MinGW SourceForge page
2. Look for mingw-get-setup.exe for downloading. Download it and launch the installer. Accept the terms and move on.
3. You’ll now see that the installer is connecting to the Internet and downloading a lot of tiny and small files. Wait till it ends.
4. Right when it ends (which won’t take long), you’ll be presented a window with title MinGW Installation Manager. You should be in the ‘Basic Setup’ tab by default when it launches. If not, click on Basic Setup.
5. Out of the numerous check boxes presented to you on the right side, tick “mingw32-gcc-g++-bin“. If you are prompted with a menu, click on Mark for Install.
6. Then on the top left corner click on Installation > Apply Changes. And wait while it downloads a billion files and installs them.