How To Install mingw32-libtheora on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libtheora in Fedora 36. mingw32-libtheora is Theora Video Compression Codec

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/).