How To Install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36.

What is mingw-binutils-generic

Utilities (like strip and objdump) which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw-binutils-generic.

Install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw-binutils-generic

Install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw-binutils-generic

How To Uninstall mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw-binutils-generic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw-binutils-generic

mingw-binutils-generic Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mingw-nm
/usr/bin/mingw-objcopy
/usr/bin/mingw-objdump
/usr/bin/mingw-strip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/ac7c9e377b0c88ab0d17ce3fdf2335ef5e07ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/682c5a1a56bce1c22bd4a60fd0148153799808
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/857f402cd055d10608e3bbe27fc670f066675f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/a0495dcc19bea4eb4900c0418a55b9c745c453
/usr/share/licenses/mingw-binutils-generic
/usr/share/licenses/mingw-binutils-generic/COPYING

References

• mingw-binutils-generic website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).