How To Install mingw64-libpng on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libpng on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-libpng is MinGW Windows Libpng library

Introduction

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

What is mingw64-libpng

MinGW Windows Libpng library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libpng

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-libpng

How To Uninstall mingw64-libpng on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-libpng

mingw64-libpng Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libpng
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libpng/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libpng/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libpng/README
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libpng/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libpng
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libpng/LICENSE
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libpng-config
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libpng16-16.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libpng16-config
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/png-fix-itxt.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/pngfix.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libpng16
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libpng16/png.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libpng16/pngconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libpng16/pnglibconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/png.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/pngconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/pnglibconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libpng.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libpng16.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libpng.pc
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libpng16.pc

References

Summary

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