It worked perfectly on a fresh installation of MSYS2(latest build on their website).
I think users should be also informed to follow the instructions on the msys2 website to update the base packages and install some tools for compiling(just in case they overlook these three steps):
pacman -Syu
pacman -Su
pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
I'll have to think about that. Those steps are part of the installatin procedure, IMO, and I don't want to duplicate it.
There may be some ambiguity that installation means only running the installer file. I can clarify that to instruct to do the
the post-install setup up to the end except where it says to close the MSYS2 MSYS window.
How about something like?
Run the installer and perform the post intall setup to update the packages and install the mingw
toolchain. Leave the MSYS2 MSYS window open for further package installations in the next step.