How To Install mingw64-libtheora on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-libtheora in Fedora 36. mingw64-libtheora is Command line tools for Theora videos

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-libtheora`

Theora is Xiph.Org’s first publicly released video codec, intended for use within the Ogg’s project’s Ogg multimedia streaming system. Theora is derived directly from On2’s VP3 codec; Currently the two are nearly identical, varying only in encapsulating decoder tables in the bitstream headers, but Theora will make use of this extra freedom in the future to improve over what is possible with VP3. This package is MinGW compiled theora library for the Win64 target.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-libtheora

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-libtheora

How To Uninstall mingw64-libtheora on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-libtheora

mingw64-libtheora Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libtheora
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libtheora/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-libtheora/README
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheora-0.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheoradec-1.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtheoraenc-1.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/codec.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theora.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theoradec.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/theora/theoraenc.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheora.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheoradec.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtheoraenc.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theora.pc
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theoradec.pc
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/theoraenc.pc

References

mingw64-libtheora website

Summary

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