How To Install mingw-w64-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-tools in Fedora 36. mingw-w64-tools is Supplementary tools which are part of the mingw-w64 toolchain

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-tools on Fedora 36.

What is mingw-w64-tools

Supplementary tools which are part of the mingw-w64 toolchain It contains gendef, genidl and mingw-w64-widl

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw-w64-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw-w64-tools.

Install mingw-w64-tools 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-w64-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw-w64-tools

Install mingw-w64-tools 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-w64-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw-w64-tools

How To Uninstall mingw-w64-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw-w64-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw-w64-tools

mingw-w64-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gendef
/usr/bin/genidl
/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-widl
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-widl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/eaf8e5e09a2a8452f6672b7a8c79beaf801876
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/6829680867884d177f2ac7e868284b77914b28
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/d940c0d59f5c2d605ab513532fa80796f652fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/80e71337f05d80d07cedfadac29081ae24186c
/usr/share/licenses/mingw-w64-tools
/usr/share/licenses/mingw-w64-tools/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-w64-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).