Problems compiling with MinGW

I have been struggling to get simple code to compile on Win7 or Win10. I installed MinGW graphical install for 'mingw32-base', 'mingw32-gcc-g++', 'mingw32-gcc-obj', and 'msys-base'. I am just needing a c compiler for now, so I'm assuming that just installing 'mingw32-gcc-g++' should be all I need. After installing I added C:\MinGW\bin to my path in windows. Not sure what else I'm missing here.

My code:

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#include<stdio.h>

int main(){char *c="int main(){char *c=%c%s%c;printf(c,34,c,34);}";printf(c,34,c,34);}

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My Error:

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c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/5.3.0/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lpthread
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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From what I have read, this error is happening because its not finding the libraries?

Quote:

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cannot find -lpthread

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Why are you asking to compile with the pthread library? It's completely unnecessary for this program.

I didn't realize it was asking that. I'm doing this through cmd, so I just use 'gcc test.c -o test'. I feel like I'm missing something obvious here.

This behavior is strange. There may be some problem with the binaries you've downloaded. Why don't you use an IDE instead? Codeblocks, for example, can be downloaded bundled with 32-bit MinGW( somewhat dated, but better than nothing ).
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I haven't used Windows in a while but I had good success with mingw-w64 builds. It's up to date and offers different versions depending on your needs.

For instance this might be what you want. Just extract and add the bin directory to the PATH variable, as you did before. No installer.

I'm of the opinion that an IDE hinders learning when starting out. Manual compilation (as you do) helps one learn about the things beyond the language syntax, that are nonetheless important to know.