How To Install mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-cpp is MinGW Windows cross-C Preprocessor for the win64 target.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mingw64-cpp`

MinGW Windows cross-C Preprocessor for the win64 target

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-cpp.

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-cpp

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-cpp

How To Uninstall mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-cpp

mingw64-cpp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-cpp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/0e586022fa23fe9870b8f1863a9de84ef16736
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/07b2d44754d84dc711c6de6eb819e9ae43b9ce
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.2.0
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.2.0
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.2.0/cc1
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-cpp.1.gz

References

mingw64-cpp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-cpp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.