How To Install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8. mingw-binutils-generic is Utilities which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8.

What is mingw-binutils-generic

Utilities (like strip and objdump) which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw-binutils-generic.

Install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw-binutils-generic

Install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mingw-binutils-generic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw-binutils-generic

How To Uninstall mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mingw-binutils-generic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw-binutils-generic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw-binutils-generic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.