Installing g++ compiler on Windows

Download MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows from below link –

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/

Now run the installer as admin. It will download some files and then open the MinGW download manager

Select MinGW base and MinGW G++ (for c++ compilation) check boxes

Go to File -> Apply Changes. The selected options will be installed.

Add the below path to System Path in environment variable

“C:\MinGW\bin”

Now you can try to verify in g++ is installed properly by running the below command in Command Promt –

g++ --version

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