Installation #

1. Install the C/C++ extension for VS Code extension in Visual Studio Code
2. Download the latest MSYS2 installer
3. Open a MSYS2 terminal window and install the MinGW-w64 toolchain

   pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain
   

   Accept the default number of packages in the toolchain group by pressing Enter.

4. Add the path of your MinGW-w64 bin folder to the Windows PATH environment

   If you used the default settings above, then this will be the path: C:\msys64\ucrt64\bin.

5. Check your MinGW installation

   gcc --version
   g++ --version
   gdb --version
   

6. Configure VS Code for C++ development

   Add the configuration files to the .vscode folder at your project’s root.