How To Install mingw64-libidn on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libidn in Fedora 36. mingw64-libidn is MinGW Windows zlib compression library for the win64 target

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-libidn`

GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain names.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libidn

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-libidn

How To Uninstall mingw64-libidn on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-libidn

mingw64-libidn Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn/COPYING.LESSERv2
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn/COPYING.LESSERv3
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn/COPYINGv2
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-libidn/COPYINGv3
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/idn.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libidn-12.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/idn-free.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/idn-int.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/idna.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/pr29.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/punycode.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/stringprep.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/tld.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libidn.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/libidn.pc

References

mingw64-libidn website

Summary

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