msys2/msys2-installer

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The one-click installer for MSYS2

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Forks: 123
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 30

Dominant language: Shell
License: BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push: Jun 27, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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30 open issues indexed

add automatic Windows Terminal profile addition during setup Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

msys2/msys2-installer#117 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 19, 2026
Installation keeps failing. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#110 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2025
[windows 11 x64] Error when launching installer Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#107 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Portable Install? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

msys2/msys2-installer#106 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Installer is not useful for newcomers Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#102 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 7, 2025
Installer hangs on Arm64 Windows 11 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#96 · 34 comments · 13 reactions · Opened Feb 26, 2025
Winget MSYS2 upgrade version discrepancy Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#95 · Opened Feb 26, 2025
Msys Installation failed Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#86 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 23, 2024
pacman update and winget update both fails due to conflicting python versions Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

msys2/msys2-installer#83 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 6, 2024
Can't install and is looking for steam_api64.dll? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#81 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 5, 2024
Prevent users installing to an existing directory even if they acknowledge the danger Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

msys2/msys2-installer#78 · Opened Feb 2, 2024
user directory after CLI installation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#77 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 20, 2024
No Warning When Installing on Unsupported File System Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

msys2/msys2-installer#76 · Opened Dec 17, 2023
I'm trying to compile this file but msys2 cant find the directory for it. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#72 · Opened Sep 21, 2023
pacman return error: key "5F944B027F7FE2091985AA2EFA11531AA0AA7F57" is unknown Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#69 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 1, 2023
Installing MSYS2 does not create Icons for all users Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

msys2/msys2-installer#70 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 8, 2023
Update start menu shortcuts on pacman -Syu Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#65 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2023
Install hangs on `'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\networks' -> '/etc/networks'` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#64 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 3, 2023
Fresh install using `msys2-x86_64-20230127.exe` can't run msys2 on Windows. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

msys2/msys2-installer#61 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 20, 2023
Install or extract do not finish in docker, with mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:2009-amd64 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#58 · 9 comments · Opened Dec 3, 2022
CVE-2022-37172 Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#51 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 31, 2022
Show install path restrictions directly in the installer Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

msys2/msys2-installer#44 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 19, 2022
feature request: msys2-installer install a WindowsTerminal Profile Fragment Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

msys2/msys2-installer#31 · 3 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Aug 18, 2021
[CRITICAL] Uninstall when `symlinks` are present destroys linked folders Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

msys2/msys2-installer#30 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2021
`Critical: Error writing Maintenance Tool` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#28 · Opened Aug 11, 2021
change name of home directory for msys2 portable Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

msys2/msys2-installer#22 · Opened Jan 20, 2021
Provide right click option to open MSYS, MINGW64, and MINGW32 "here" Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

msys2/msys2-installer#18 · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 18, 2020
msys2 cannot be installed to an empty drive after msys2-x86_64-20200522.exe Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

msys2/msys2-installer#16 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2020
No response when running msys2-x86_64-20200522 on Windows 10 64bit Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

msys2/msys2-installer#7 · 6 comments · Opened May 26, 2020
Give NSIS a try Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

msys2/msys2-installer#3 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · Opened May 21, 2020

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