How To Install mingw32-gdbm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-gdbm in Fedora 36. mingw32-gdbm is MinGW port of GNU database routines

Introduction

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

What is `mingw32-gdbm`

Gdbm is a GNU database indexing library, including routines which use extensible hashing. Gdbm works in a similar way to standard UNIX dbm routines. Gdbm is useful for developers who write C applications and need access to a simple and efficient database or who are building C applications which will use such a database. This is the MinGW Windows port of the libraries and development tools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-gdbm

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

sudo yum -y install mingw32-gdbm

How To Uninstall mingw32-gdbm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-gdbm

mingw32-gdbm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/gdbm_dump.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/gdbm_load.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/gdbmtool.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libgdbm-4.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gdbm
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gdbm.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gdbm/gdbm.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libgdbm.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdbm.mo

References

mingw32-gdbm website

Summary

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