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MSYS2 on Windows 10/11

MSYS2 (minimal system 2) is software distribution and a building platform for Windows. It provides a Unix-like environment, a command-line interface and a software repository making it easier to install, use, build and port software on Windows.

pacman -Syuu : Update

Installation

Option 1: Install MYS2 using winget

winget install MSYS2.MSYS2 -i

Option 2: Download and install

Download and install MSYS2 64-bit, which is about 77MB.

Change default text size from 9 to 11.

Run pacman -Syuu

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