How To Install mingw32-libtheora on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libtheora
on Fedora 36.
What is mingw32-libtheora
Theora is Xiph.Org’s first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg’s project’s Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2’s VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3. This package is MinGW compiled theora library for the Win32 target.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mingw32-libtheora
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-libtheora.
Install mingw32-libtheora 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-libtheora
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-libtheora
Install mingw32-libtheora 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-libtheora
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-libtheora
How To Uninstall mingw32-libtheora on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw32-libtheora
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-libtheora
mingw32-libtheora Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheora-0.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheoradec-1.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheoraenc-1.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/codec.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theora.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theoradec.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theoraenc.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheora.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheoradec.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheoraenc.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theora.pc
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theoradec.pc
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theoraenc.pc
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libtheora
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libtheora/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libtheora/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libtheora
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).