How To Install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mingw-binutils-generic
Utilities (like strip and objdump) which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw-binutils-generic.
Install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw-binutils-generic
Install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw-binutils-generic
How To Uninstall mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mingw-binutils-generic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw-binutils-generic
mingw-binutils-generic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/mingw-nm
/usr/bin/mingw-objcopy
/usr/bin/mingw-objdump
/usr/bin/mingw-strip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/15251f5ba515488543c0035847c09224db0a9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/26e5602a37cdc07a79f4d14247fd41457bf746
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/0aa7a4bfa0db7185812fcf576380bdfc68335f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/f4c45b5d9f8dd930b047cb4898a17e9a0ab0b9
/usr/share/doc/mingw-binutils-generic
/usr/share/doc/mingw-binutils-generic/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-addr2line.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-ar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-as.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-c++filt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-dlltool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-elfedit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-gprof.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-ld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-nlmconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-nm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-objcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-objdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-ranlib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-readelf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-size.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-strings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-strip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-windmc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-windres.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-addr2line.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-as.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-c++filt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-elfedit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gprof.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nlmconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-nm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-objcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-objdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-readelf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-size.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-strings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-windmc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
