Ali Rizvi Frontear

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Frontear / Setting Up MSYS2 as Default Terminal.md

Created February 12, 2023 02:26 — forked from Philanatidae/Setting Up MSYS2 as Default Terminal.md

Instructions to remind myself how to set up MSYS2 as my default terminal in Windows.

Setting Up MSYS2 as Default Terminal

Download and install MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org/.
Open MSYS2 and run pacman -Syu to update packages.
Open file explorer and go to C:\msys64.
Open all the INI files for the systems (clang32.ini, clang64.ini, mingw32.ini, mingw64.ini, msys2.ini) and uncomment the MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit line. This allows the Windows $PATH variable to be included in the shells.
Download and install Windows Terminal from the Windows store.
Open the settings for Windows Terminal and click "Open JSON".
Copy and paste the following objects into the "list" array under "profiles":