How To Install mingw64-xz-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-xz-libs in Fedora 36. mingw64-xz-libs is Libraries for decoding LZMA compression

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-xz-libs`

Libraries for decoding files compressed with LZMA or XZ utils.

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

Install mingw64-xz-libs 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-xz-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-xz-libs

Install mingw64-xz-libs 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-xz-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-xz-libs

How To Uninstall mingw64-xz-libs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-xz-libs

mingw64-xz-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-xz-libs
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-xz-libs/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/liblzma-5.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/base.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/bcj.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/block.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/check.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/container.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/delta.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/filter.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/hardware.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/index.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/index_hash.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/lzma12.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/stream_flags.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/version.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/lzma/vli.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/liblzma.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/liblzma.pc

References

mingw64-xz-libs website

Summary

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