How To Install mingw64-dlfcn on Fedora 36

Introduction

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

What is mingw64-dlfcn

This library implements a wrapper for dlfcn, as specified in POSIX and SUS, around the dynamic link library functions found in the Windows API.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-dlfcn

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-dlfcn

How To Uninstall mingw64-dlfcn on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-dlfcn

mingw64-dlfcn Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-dlfcn
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-dlfcn/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-dlfcn/README.md
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libdl.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/dlfcn.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libdl.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/dlfcn-win32
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/dlfcn-win32/dlfcn-win32-config.cmake
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/dlfcn-win32/dlfcn-win32-targets-release.cmake
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/dlfcn-win32/dlfcn-win32-targets.cmake

References

• mingw64-dlfcn website

Summary

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