How To Install mingw64-cfitsio on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-cfitsio in Fedora 36. mingw64-cfitsio is MinGW Windows CFITSIO library

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-cfitsio`

MinGW Windows CFITSIO library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-cfitsio

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-cfitsio

How To Uninstall mingw64-cfitsio on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-cfitsio

mingw64-cfitsio Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-cfitsio
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-cfitsio/License.txt
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libcfitsio-4.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/cfitsio
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/cfitsio/fitsio.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/cfitsio/fitsio2.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/cfitsio/longnam.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libcfitsio.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/cfitsio.pc

References

mingw64-cfitsio website

Summary

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