How To Install mingw32-win-iconv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-win-iconv on Rocky Linux 8. mingw32-win-iconv is MinGW Windows Iconv library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-win-iconv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mingw32-win-iconv

MinGW Windows cross compiled Iconv library.

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

Install mingw32-win-iconv 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-win-iconv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-win-iconv

Install mingw32-win-iconv 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-win-iconv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-win-iconv

How To Uninstall mingw32-win-iconv on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mingw32-win-iconv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-win-iconv

mingw32-win-iconv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/iconv.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/iconv.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libiconv.dll.a
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-win-iconv
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-win-iconv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-win-iconv/readme.txt

References

Summary

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