How To Install mingw64-termcap on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-termcap
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mingw64-termcap
This is the GNU termcap library – a library of C functions that enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way independent of the terminal type. The GNU termcap library does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of termcap entries, unlike most other termcap libraries. This package contains libraries and development tools for the MinGW cross-compiled version.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mingw64-termcap
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-termcap.
Install mingw64-termcap 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-termcap
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-termcap
Install mingw64-termcap 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-termcap
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-termcap
How To Uninstall mingw64-termcap on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mingw64-termcap
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-termcap
mingw64-termcap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-termcap
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-termcap/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtermcap-0.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/termcap.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtermcap.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-1
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-2
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-3
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-termcap
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.