MSYS2 + MINGW fails to install properly

[stakach]

I solved the problem by running the pacman install again, except I removed the mingw-w64-x86_64-winstorecompat-git package

What problems are you experiencing?

Install MSYS2 and MINGW development toolchain ...
> pacman -S --needed --noconfirm autoconf autoconf2.13 ...
warning: file-5.28-2 is up to date -- skipping
warning: gawk-4.1.4-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: grep-2.26-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: m4-1.4.17-4 is up to date -- skipping
warning: sed-4.2.2-2 is up to date -- skipping
warning: wget-1.18-1 is up to date -- skipping
error: target not found: mingw-w64-x86_64-winstorecompat-git
Install MSYS2 and MINGW development toolchain failed
Installation failed: pacman failed

Steps to reproduce

ridk install on a fresh install

What's the output from ridk version?

---
ruby:
  path: C:/Ruby24-x64
  version: 2.4.2
  platform: x64-mingw32
ruby_installer:
  package_version: 2.4.2-2
  git_commit: a1b07ad
msys2:
  path: C:\msys64
  title: MSYS2 64bit
  version: '20161025'
cc: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 6.2.0
sh: GNU bash, version 4.3.46(2)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)
os: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

[larskanis]

If winstorecompat can not be found, it usually means, that the package database isn't up-to-date. So it seems to me, that ridk install 2 wasn't executed?

[stakach]

Literally a fresh install of windows and ruby installer.
ridk install is executed as part of the installation - not super hard to check.

pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-winstorecompat-git will fail

[larskanis]

Did you choose ridk install option 3 alone? Option 2 updates the package database (pacman -Sy) and must be called first. Alternatively just pressing enter in ridk install makes sure that all tools are installed properly. See also this stackoverflow question .

[stakach]

I didn't select option 2... Also sorry that my last message was a bit blunt (uncool of me) and thanks for the work you've put into this project. It is hugely useful!

So I guess that solves the issue.
I do still think the instructions seem to indicate that step 2 is optional especially since step 3 also runs step 1 - maybe updating the text to say something like "On initial installation run each step in order" and change the wording of step 3 to "install MingW development toolchain" even though it does more

[larskanis]

I removed package winstorecompat-git from default dev tools in commit 50100e2, so that option 2 is now optional. Thanks for highlighting this!