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Updating gnuwin32 tools on Windows with GetGnuWin32

Introduction

Gnuwin32 provides ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license, to modern MS-Windows (Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7). We have covered install Gnuwin32 on Windows in a previous post, but how do you update it? That’s where GetGnuWin32 comes into play.

Process

First we need to download GetGnuWin32 from https://sourceforge.net/projects/getgnuwin32/files/getgnuwin32/0.6.30/
Run GetGnuWin32-0.6.3.exe and select installation directory, i.e. C:\gnuwin32

Now we can run the update.

Open a command prompt then change to the directory that GetGnuWin32 was installed.

cd C:\gnuwin32\GetGnuWin32

Start the download with the download command

download

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Be patient as the download process will take time. Once the download has completed press enter.
Now kickoff the update running the install.bat file and give it the location of the c:\gnuwin32 files.

install c:\gnuwin32

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You will receive a few more questions, press enter to accept the default yes. You may receive a few popups for path issue during the manifest phase. Click ok to move on.

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Installation will complete and you will receive a notification.

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You are now up to date.

2 Responses to “Updating gnuwin32 tools on Windows with GetGnuWin32”

  1. guest says:

    I just installed and updated and it shows “OpenSSL 1.0.2h”, which is outdated. I assume other packages are outdated as well (judging by the date alone). How to get the latest packages?

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