Syd: > This is the link to the downloads, and it does not work! > <https://mingw.osdn.io/index.html?page=download.html> > <https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/releases> > when I try this one and click on the minGW setup download, > nothing happens and I eventually get a 402 time out error! > I really wanted to go to the minGW website and download > the install tool so I can update the compiler and the > makefile utility I didn't know one needed a separate download to update one's compiler (GCC) and `make'. The setup utitlity that came with your original installation should be sufficient for that. Also, I verify that the SourceForge URL still works: <https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/> .