# Error in ITK compilation with wingw32-make

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/error-in-itk-compilation-with-wingw32-make/1122
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Tags:** dicom
**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/error-in-itk-compilation-with-wingw32-make/1122 "2018-07-16T18:21:26Z")
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### Author: ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/error-in-itk-compilation-with-wingw32-make/1122/2 "2018-07-16T18:30:13Z")

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`mingw` is considered an exotic compiler, and while its build status is tracked it is currently [failing](https://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=Insight#!#Expected_Nightly_Exotic). In other words, ITK does not compile properly with `mingw`.

For Windows it is best to use Visual Studio 2015 or 2017, both of which are free for open source projects etc. If you must use an open source compiler, why don’t you try `clang`?

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