How To Install mingw32-libgcrypt on Fedora 36

Introduction

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

What is mingw32-libgcrypt

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a Windows cross-compiled version of the library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-libgcrypt

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

sudo yum -y install mingw32-libgcrypt

How To Uninstall mingw32-libgcrypt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-libgcrypt

mingw32-libgcrypt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/dumpsexp.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/hmac256.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libgcrypt-20.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libgcrypt-config
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/mpicalc.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gcrypt.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libgcrypt.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libgcrypt
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libgcrypt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libgcrypt/COPYING.LIB

References

• mingw32-libgcrypt website

Summary

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