MSYS2 Installer

Nightly build

https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/tag/nightly-x86_64

CLI Usage examples

Installing the GUI installer via the CLI to C:\msys64:

.\msys2-x86_64-latest.exe in --confirm-command --accept-messages --root C:/msys64

Uninstalling an existing installation in C:\msys64 via the CLI:

C:\msys64\uninstall.exe pr --confirm-command

Installing the self extracting archive to C:\msys64:

.\msys2-base-x86_64-latest.sfx.exe -y -oC:\

Build Instructions

# Run in a MSYS2 environment
./make-msys2-installer

New Release TODO List

• Trigger a new nightly build via https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/actions/workflows/build.yml or use an existing one
• Get all files with dates in their names, sign them and create checksum files (.sig and .sha256)
• Create a new git tag following format: date -I
• Upload the installer files to the release tag
• Update the download link and checksum for the GiHub action and verify that all tests pass: https://github.com/msys2/setup-msys2/blob/master/main.js
• Run msys2-devtools/update-installer "$(date -I)" on the server to copy the release from GitHub
• Update the link, name and checksum on the main website (pointing to GitHub): https://github.com/msys2/msys2.github.io/blob/source/web/index.md