How To Install mingw64-bsdcat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-bsdcat in Fedora 36. mingw64-bsdcat is MinGW package for bsdcat utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-bsdcat on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw64-bsdcat`

The bsdcat package contains standalone bsdcat utility split off regular libarchive packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-bsdcat on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-bsdcat.

Install mingw64-bsdcat 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 mingw64-bsdcat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-bsdcat

Install mingw64-bsdcat 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 mingw64-bsdcat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-bsdcat

How To Uninstall mingw64-bsdcat on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw64-bsdcat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-bsdcat

mingw64-bsdcat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bsdcat.exe

References

mingw64-bsdcat website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-bsdcat on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).