How To Install mingw64-libIDL on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libIDL in Fedora 36. mingw64-libIDL is MinGW Windows IDL Parsing Library

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-libIDL`

MinGW Windows IDL Parsing Library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libIDL

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-libIDL

How To Uninstall mingw64-libIDL on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-libIDL

mingw64-libIDL Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libIDL
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libIDL/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libIDL/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libIDL/README
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libIDL-2-0.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libIDL-config-2
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libIDL-2.0
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libIDL-2.0/libIDL
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libIDL-2.0/libIDL/IDL.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libIDL-2.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libIDL-2.0.pc
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/idl

References

mingw64-libIDL website

Summary

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