Installation Instructions

Table of contents

  1. Installation Instructions
  2. Install a C++ compiler
  3. Install on WSL
  4. Throubleshooting

Install a C++ compiler

  • Download & Install VSCode
  • Get the latest version of MinGW-w64 via MSYS2, download page, (about 100 MG downloaded, size of installation folder: about 1.5GB, installation duration: about 30 min)
  • Config MinGW in VSCode
    • Follow steps 1-7 of the mentioned site.
  • Installing the following extensions in VSCode:
    • C/C++ for Visual Studio Code
    • C/C++ Compile Run
      • In C/C++ Compile Run’s setting change the value of C-cpp-compile-run: Cpp-Copiler to C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin\g++
      • In C/C++ Compile Run’s setting change the value of C-cpp-compile-run: Cpp-flags to -std=c++20

Install on WSL

Throubleshooting