How To Install mingw32-SDL2_mixer on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-SDL2_mixer in Fedora 36. mingw32-SDL2_mixer is MinGW Windows port of Simple DirectMedia Layer’s Sample Mixer Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-SDL2_mixer on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw32-SDL2_mixer`

A simple multi-channel audio mixer for SDL2. It supports 4 channels of 16 bit stereo audio, plus a single channel of music, mixed by the popular MikMod MOD library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-SDL2_mixer on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-SDL2_mixer.

Install mingw32-SDL2_mixer 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-SDL2_mixer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-SDL2_mixer

Install mingw32-SDL2_mixer 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-SDL2_mixer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-SDL2_mixer

How To Uninstall mingw32-SDL2_mixer on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw32-SDL2_mixer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-SDL2_mixer

mingw32-SDL2_mixer Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/SDL2_mixer.dll
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/SDL2
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/SDL2/SDL_mixer.h
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libSDL2_mixer.dll.a
/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/SDL2_mixer.pc
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-SDL2_mixer
/usr/share/licenses/mingw32-SDL2_mixer/COPYING.txt

References

mingw32-SDL2_mixer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-SDL2_mixer on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).