How To Install mingw32-expat on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-expat
on Fedora 36.
What is mingw32-expat
This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may register handlers.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mingw32-expat
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-expat.
Install mingw32-expat 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-expat
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-expat
Install mingw32-expat 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-expat
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-expat
How To Uninstall mingw32-expat on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw32-expat
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-expat
mingw32-expat Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libexpat-1.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/xmlwf.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/expat.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/expat_config.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/expat_external.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-config-version.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-config.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat-noconfig.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake/expat-2.4.6/expat.cmake
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libexpat.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/expat.pc
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-expat
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-expat/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-expat
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).