How To Install mingw64-libffi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libffi in Fedora 36. mingw64-libffi is A portable foreign function interface library for MinGW

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-libffi`

Foreign function interface library for MinGW.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libffi

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-libffi

How To Uninstall mingw64-libffi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-libffi

mingw64-libffi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libffi
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libffi/LICENSE
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libffi-8.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ffi.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/ffitarget.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libffi.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc

References

mingw64-libffi website

Summary

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