How To Install mingw64-shapelib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-shapelib in Fedora 36. mingw64-shapelib is MinGW Windows shapelib library

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-shapelib`

MinGW Windows shapelib library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-shapelib

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

sudo yum -y install mingw64-shapelib

How To Uninstall mingw64-shapelib on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-shapelib

mingw64-shapelib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-shapelib
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-shapelib/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libshp-2.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/shapefil.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libshp.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/shapelib.pc

References

mingw64-shapelib website

Summary

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