How To Install mingw64-freetype on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-freetype on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-freetype is Free and portable font rendering engine

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-freetype`

MinGW Windows Freetype library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-freetype

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-freetype

How To Uninstall mingw64-freetype on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-freetype

mingw64-freetype Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-freetype
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-freetype/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/freetype-config
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libfreetype-6.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftconfig.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftheader.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftmodule.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftoption.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/config/ftstdlib.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/freetype.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftadvanc.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftautoh.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbbox.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbdf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbitmap.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftbzip2.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftcache.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftcffdrv.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftchapters.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftcid.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/fterrdef.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/fterrors.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftfntfmt.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgasp.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftglyph.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgxval.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftgzip.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftimage.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftincrem.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlcdfil.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlist.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftlzw.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmac.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmm.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmodapi.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftmoderr.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftotval.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftoutln.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftpcfdrv.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftpfr.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftrender.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsizes.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsnames.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftstroke.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsynth.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftsystem.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/fttrigon.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftttdrv.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/fttypes.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ftwinfnt.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/t1tables.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ttnameid.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/tttables.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/tttags.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/freetype/ttunpat.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/freetype2/ft2build.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libfreetype.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/aclocal/freetype2.m4

References

mingw64-freetype website

Summary

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