How To Install mingw64-winstorecompat on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-winstorecompat
on Fedora 36.
What is mingw64-winstorecompat
This library can be linked to code targetting Windows Store. Functions that are not available anymore for Windows Store are redefined, using similar functions that are allowed. ‘Forbidden’ functions can be found either by browsing MSDN, either by running WACK (Windows Application Certification Kit) on the application.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mingw64-winstorecompat
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-winstorecompat.
Install mingw64-winstorecompat 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-winstorecompat
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-winstorecompat
Install mingw64-winstorecompat 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-winstorecompat
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-winstorecompat
How To Uninstall mingw64-winstorecompat on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mingw64-winstorecompat
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-winstorecompat
mingw64-winstorecompat Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-winstorecompat
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-winstorecompat/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libwinstorecompat.a
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-winstorecompat
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).