How To Install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache in Fedora 36. mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache is Icon theme caching utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36.

What is mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache

GTK+ can use the cache files created by gtk-update-icon-cache to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead when the application starts. Since the format of the cache files allows them to be mmap()ed shared between multiple applications, the overall memory consumption is reduced as well. This package contains the MinGW Windows cross compiled gtk-update-icon-cache.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache.

Install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache

Install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache

How To Uninstall mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache

mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache.exe
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).