My first attempt at installing and using MinGW on a Windows7 platform 
involved downloading MinGW and using the mingw-get application. As best 
as I can tell that properly loaded MinGW32 and MSYS since MSYS2 is not 
an option.

At Pete Batard's suggestion I downloaded a fresh copy of mingw-w64 and 
installed it, followed by a download of MSYS2. This is where the fun began!

1) Where in the directory hierarchy of the minGW64 should the MSYS2 be 
loaded? r should it even BE IN the MinGW hierarchy?

2) How do I resolve the fact that between the MinGW install and the 
MSYS2 install there are several(!) 'lib' 'include' 'bin' 'and so-forth" 
floating around, bits and pieces of :stuff: that you need to work with 
floating everywhere.

As an example: I open a command window in MSYS2 (very nice bash 
implementation, much better than the MSYS version). But none of the 
compilers are visible! A "which g++" returns not found. But the compiler 
IS there, in a /bin directory located somewhere in the minGW hierarchy!

3) Is there a comparable tool t mingw-get that operates with the 
MinGW64/MSYS2 combination? Yes, I know of pacman and used it for the 
MSYS2 effort, but is there a pacman-like tool for the whole thing? Like 
mingw-get? And if not, why not and what does a poor user have to do to 
work around the lack?

Regards,

Bill Lee

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