How To Install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36.
What is mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache
GTK+ can use the cache files created by gtk-update-icon-cache to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead when the application starts. Since the format of the cache files allows them to be mmap()ed shared between multiple applications, the overall memory consumption is reduced as well. This package contains the MinGW Windows cross compiled gtk-update-icon-cache.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache.
Install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache 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-gtk-update-icon-cache using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache
Install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache 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-gtk-update-icon-cache using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache
How To Uninstall mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache
mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache.exe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gtk-update-icon-cache on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
