How To Install Pacman For Git on Windows

Quick Install for Pacman Package Manager (MSYS2) for Git on Windows

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. Given below is the easiest method (bullet 3 above) to enable package manager (Pacman) support for an existing Git for Windows installation.

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