How To Install mingw32-libltdl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libltdl in Fedora 36. mingw32-libltdl is Runtime libraries for GNU Libtool Dynamic Module Loader

Introduction

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

What is `mingw32-libltdl`

The mingw32-libltdl package contains the GNU Libtool Dynamic Module Loader, a library that provides a consistent, portable interface which simplifies the process of using dynamic modules, for the mingw32 cross compilation environment. These runtime libraries are needed by programs that link directly to the system-installed ltdl libraries; they are not needed by software built using the rest of the GNU Autotools (including GNU Autoconf and GNU Automake).

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-libltdl

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

sudo yum -y install mingw32-libltdl

How To Uninstall mingw32-libltdl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-libltdl

mingw32-libltdl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libltdl-7.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libltdl
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libltdl/lt_dlloader.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libltdl/lt_error.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libltdl/lt_system.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ltdl.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libltdl.dll.a
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/README
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libltdl/TODO

References

mingw32-libltdl website

Summary

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