How To Install mingw64-libarchive on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libarchive on Fedora 36.
What is mingw64-libarchive
Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-libarchive on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-libarchive.
Install mingw64-libarchive 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-libarchive using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libarchive
Install mingw64-libarchive 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-libarchive using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-libarchive
How To Uninstall mingw64-libarchive on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw64-libarchive package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-libarchive
mingw64-libarchive Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libarchive
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libarchive/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libarchive
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libarchive/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libarchive-13.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/archive.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/archive_entry.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libarchive.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libarchive on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
