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Created June 13, 2025 04:58 — forked from adojos/git-for-win_Pacman_Install.md
Git: Pacman Installation on Git For Windows #git

Git For Windows (GitBash) Pacman Installation

The 'Git for Windows' by default does not come with MSYS2 package manager called 'Pacman' and hence it is a limited version or subset of the MSYS2. Also the bash which supplied wih 'Git for Windows' is not a full version of bash hence does not provide for full Linux environment.

However you can get package manager support inside 'Git for Windows' in following ways :

  1. Install full MSYS2 and build Git for Windows yourself (Most git users don't require all packages and MSYS2)
  2. Install Git for Windows SDK (heavy & consumes around 3-5 Gb space)
  3. Use a hack to merge the MSYS2 Pacman packages with your existing Git for Windows installation