MSYS2 - UNIX environment for MS Windows 32/64 bits
MSYS2 - UNIX environment for MS Windows 32/64 bits
MSYS2 (Minimal SYStem 2.0) is an improved fork of the (nowadays obsolete) MSYS shell environment.
It is as easy to install as any MS Windows program.
Download from https://msys2.github.io/
A big improvement compared with MSYS is that MSYS2 comes with tha pacman package manager, which makes it very easy to install any additional open source software.
A list of available packages: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages
Tips: A few paths special to MSYS2, that differ from a standard UNIX environment:
/c - C: drive root directory
/c/msys64 - Default installation directory for MSYS2, equivalent to C:\msys64 in DOS syntax
/ - MSYS2 root directory, the same as /c/msys64
/home/johan.kuuse - Home directory, /home + Windows user name, equivalent to /c/msys64/home/johan.kuuse