How To Install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools in Fedora 36. mingw32-osinfo-db-tools is MinGW Windows port of a library for managing OS information for virtualization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw32-osinfo-db-tools`

This package provides tools for managing the osinfo database of information about operating systems for use with virtualization

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

Install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools 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-osinfo-db-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools

Install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools 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-osinfo-db-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools

How To Uninstall mingw32-osinfo-db-tools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw32-osinfo-db-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-osinfo-db-tools

mingw32-osinfo-db-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/osinfo-db-export.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/osinfo-db-import.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/osinfo-db-path.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/osinfo-db-validate.exe
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/osinfo-db-tools.mo
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-osinfo-db-tools
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-osinfo-db-tools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-osinfo-db-tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-osinfo-db-tools
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-osinfo-db-tools/COPYING

References

mingw32-osinfo-db-tools website

Summary

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