mingw-get is a tool to assist users in the management of MinGW and MSYS software installations. Configured via an online XML database, which is managed by the project maintainers, it offers a choice of command line and graphical user interfaces, facilitating selective download and installation of packages provided by the project. The XML database provides maintainers with a mechanism for the specification of inter-package dependencies; this permits configuration of any package, such that the end user may elect to install just that specific package, leaving mingw-get to ensure that all dependencies will be automatically satisfied at installation time. This package provides the binary components which are required to run mingw-get as a command line tool, together with components which are common to both command line and graphical user interfaces. If you prefer a graphical user interface, you should install mingw32-mingw-get-gui in addition to this package. setup = require "setup" print( " running post-install hooks for mingw-get-bin" ) setup.create_shortcuts( '--description="MinGW Installation Manager"', setup.libexec_path( "guistub.exe" ), "mingw-get" ) setup = require "setup" print( " running pre-remove hooks for mingw-get-bin" ) setup.delete_shortcuts( "--if-linked="..setup.libexec_path( "gui.exe" ), "--force", "mingw-get" ) setup.delete_shortcuts( "--if-linked="..setup.libexec_path( "guistub.exe" ), "--force", "mingw-get" ) This package augments mingw32-mingw-get-bin, providing a graphical user interface to mingw-get. setup = require "setup" print( " running post-install hooks for mingw-get-bin" ) setup.create_shortcuts( '--description="MinGW Installation Manager"', setup.libexec_path( "guimain.exe" ), "mingw-get" ) setup = require "setup" print( " running pre-remove hooks for mingw-get-bin" ) setup.delete_shortcuts( "--if-linked="..setup.libexec_path( "guimain.exe" ), "--force", "mingw-get" ) pkginfo is a tool which may be used to parse and analyse the names of packages provided by the MinGW/MSYS Project. It uses the same lexical analyser as mingw-get, to extract meta-data from any specified package name. It is primarily of interest to members of the MinGW/MSYS Project Team, who may use it to confirm that their chosen package names convey the intended meta-data to mingw-get.