How To Install mingw32-winstorecompat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-winstorecompat in Fedora 36. mingw32-winstorecompat is MinGW library to help porting to Windows Store for the win32 target

Introduction

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

What is `mingw32-winstorecompat`

This library can be linked to code targetting Windows Store. Functions that are not available anymore for Windows Store are redefined, using similar functions that are allowed. ‘Forbidden’ functions can be found either by browsing MSDN, either by running WACK (Windows Application Certification Kit) on the application.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-winstorecompat

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

sudo yum -y install mingw32-winstorecompat

How To Uninstall mingw32-winstorecompat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw32-winstorecompat

mingw32-winstorecompat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libwinstorecompat.a
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-winstorecompat
/usr/share/doc/mingw32-winstorecompat/COPYING

References

mingw32-winstorecompat website

Summary

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