How To Install mingw32-libusbx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libusbx in Fedora 36. mingw32-libusbx is MinGW library which allows userspace access to USB devices

Introduction

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

What is `mingw32-libusbx`

This package contains the header files and libraries needed to develop applications that use libusbx.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-libusbx

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

sudo yum -y install mingw32-libusbx

How To Uninstall mingw32-libusbx on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-libusbx

mingw32-libusbx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libusb-1.0.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libusb-1.0
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/libusb-1.0/libusb.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libusb-1.0.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libusb-1.0.pc
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libusbx
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libusbx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libusbx/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libusbx/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-libusbx/README

References

mingw32-libusbx website

Summary

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