What Tool Chain Should I Use On Windows?

1.	What Tool Chain Should I Use On Windows?
Answer» You have three options: Cygwin, MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. More details on how to configure these tool chains: Cygwin: Get the latest available 64-bit version and MAKE SURE to select gcc/g++, CMake, make and gdb 7.8 while installing the packages. MinGW: CLion CURRENTLY SUPPORTS MinGW and MinGW-w64. See the compatible versions list in our QUICK start guide. In addition, don’t forget to install make and gcc/g++ packages from MinGW tool chain to make it work with CLion. Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is available starting with v2017.1 via CMake (with NMake generator). You have three options: Cygwin, MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. More details on how to configure these tool chains: Cygwin: Get the latest available 64-bit version and make sure to select gcc/g++, CMake, make and gdb 7.8 while installing the packages. MinGW: CLion currently supports MinGW and MinGW-w64. See the compatible versions list in our quick start guide. In addition, don’t forget to install make and gcc/g++ packages from MinGW tool chain to make it work with CLion. Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is available starting with v2017.1 via CMake (with NMake generator).

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You have three options: Cygwin, MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. More details on how to configure these tool chains:

Cygwin: Get the latest available 64-bit version and MAKE SURE to select gcc/g++, CMake, make and gdb 7.8 while installing the packages.

MinGW: CLion CURRENTLY SUPPORTS MinGW and MinGW-w64. See the compatible versions list in our QUICK start guide.

In addition, don’t forget to install make and gcc/g++ packages from MinGW tool chain to make it work with CLion.

Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is available starting with v2017.1 via CMake (with NMake generator).

You have three options: Cygwin, MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. More details on how to configure these tool chains:

Cygwin: Get the latest available 64-bit version and make sure to select gcc/g++, CMake, make and gdb 7.8 while installing the packages.

MinGW: CLion currently supports MinGW and MinGW-w64. See the compatible versions list in our quick start guide.

In addition, don’t forget to install make and gcc/g++ packages from MinGW tool chain to make it work with CLion.

Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is available starting with v2017.1 via CMake (with NMake generator).

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