Building a C Program with mfpr.h Library in Visual Studio

[buoyant wedge]

I have installed MinGW, MSYS2, mfpr, gmp, and Visual Studio.
I have created a Makefile in my template C repository and configured it to build with the mfpr.h library.

Here are some Configuration Properties for my project:

General > Project Defaults
• Configuration Type | Makefile

VC++ Directories > General
• Include Directories | C:\MSYS2\mingw64\include;$(IncludePath)

NMake > General
• Build Command Line | mingw32-make
• Rebuild All Command Line | mingw32-make clean && mingw32-make
• Clean Command Line | mingw32-make clean

I selected Build > Build Solution, and I was met with this error: The command "mingw32-make" exited with code 2.

I am definitely out of my depth with all this - please advise on some troubleshooting options I can take to solve this issue. Thanks!

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[limber bridge]

Ooof, VS + MSYS2?

[chrome burrow]

Could you try building it yourself with gcc in the command line?

My first instinct would be a bad install, since I feel like I see that issue a lot with mingw and msys2

[buoyant wedge]

My knowledge on commands, git, IDEs, and building are very limited. I know basic C programming only. What steps would you suggest I take to get an IDE/compiler to recognize the mfpr.h library?

[limber bridge]

Combining visual studio with msys2 is extremely weird

Pick a compiler, either msvc or mingw. If msvc, ditch msys2 and install the libraries you want through vcpkg

If mingw, ditch visual studio and install the library using pacman