How To Install mingw64-gmp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gmp in Fedora 36. mingw64-gmp is Cross-compiled GNU arbitrary precision library

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-gmp`

The gmp package contains GNU MP, a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, signed integers operations, rational numbers and floating point numbers. GNU MP is designed for speed, for both small and very large operands. GNU MP is fast because it uses fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, it uses fast algorithms, it carefully optimizes assembly code for many CPUs’ most common inner loops, and it generally emphasizes speed over simplicity/elegance in its operations. Install the gmp package if you need a fast arbitrary precision library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-gmp

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-gmp

How To Uninstall mingw64-gmp on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-gmp

mingw64-gmp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-gmp
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-gmp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-gmp/README
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gmp
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gmp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gmp/COPYING.LESSERv3
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gmp/COPYINGv2
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gmp/COPYINGv3
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libgmp-10.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libgmpxx-4.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gmp.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/gmpxx.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libgmp.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libgmpxx.dll.a

References

mingw64-gmp website

Summary

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