How To Install mingw32-ftplib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-ftplib in Fedora 36. mingw32-ftplib is MinGW Library of FTP routines

Introduction

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

What is `mingw32-ftplib`

ftplib is a set of routines that implement the FTP protocol. They allow applications to create and access remote files through function calls instead of needing to fork and exec an interactive ftp client program. This library is cross-compiled for MinGW.

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

Install mingw32-ftplib 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-ftplib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-ftplib

Install mingw32-ftplib 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-ftplib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-ftplib

How To Uninstall mingw32-ftplib on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-ftplib

mingw32-ftplib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libftp.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ftplib.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libftp.dll.a
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-ftplib
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-ftplib/LICENSE

References

mingw32-ftplib website

Summary

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