To compile and install stormlib on windows with mingw64: Copy the stormlib folder to an easy to access directory. I used /mingw64/home/thegtproject/stormlib (from mingw64 console) $ cd /mingw64/home/thegtproject/stormlib $ cmake -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME="windows" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/mingw64" . $ make && make install Done.