How To Install mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8. mingw32-pkg-config is A tool for determining compilation options for the win32 target

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mingw32-pkg-config

The pkgconfig tool determines compilation options. For each required library, it reads the configuration file and outputs the necessary compiler and linker flags.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-pkg-config.

Install mingw32-pkg-config 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 mingw32-pkg-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-pkg-config

Install mingw32-pkg-config 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 mingw32-pkg-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-pkg-config

How To Uninstall mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mingw32-pkg-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-pkg-config

mingw32-pkg-config Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-pkg-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/97c7defe1e111b19736b5358d97d1858fa2d00
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config/README
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-pkg-config/pkg-config-guide.html
/usr/share/man/man1/i686-w64-mingw32-pkg-config.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.