How To Install mingw32-cfitsio-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-cfitsio-tools in Fedora 36. mingw32-cfitsio-tools is MinGW Windows CFITSIO library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-cfitsio-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw32-cfitsio-tools`

MinGW Windows CFITSIO library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-cfitsio-tools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-cfitsio-tools.

Install mingw32-cfitsio-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 mingw32-cfitsio-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-cfitsio-tools

Install mingw32-cfitsio-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 mingw32-cfitsio-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-cfitsio-tools

How To Uninstall mingw32-cfitsio-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw32-cfitsio-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-cfitsio-tools

mingw32-cfitsio-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/FPack.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/Fitscopy.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/Funpack.exe

References

mingw32-cfitsio-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-cfitsio-tools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).