How To Install mingw64-ftplib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-ftplib in Fedora 36. mingw64-ftplib is MinGW Library of FTP routines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-ftplib on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw64-ftplib`

ftplib is a set of routines that implement the FTP protocol. They allow applications to create and access remote files through function calls instead of needing to fork and exec an interactive ftp client program. This library is cross-compiled for MinGW.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-ftplib on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-ftplib.

Install mingw64-ftplib 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 mingw64-ftplib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-ftplib

Install mingw64-ftplib 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 mingw64-ftplib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-ftplib

How To Uninstall mingw64-ftplib on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw64-ftplib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-ftplib

mingw64-ftplib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-ftplib
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-ftplib/LICENSE
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libftp.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ftplib.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libftp.dll.a

References

mingw64-ftplib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-ftplib on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).