How To Install mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8.
What is mingw32-binutils
Cross compiled binutils (utilities like ‘strip’, ‘as’, ’ld’) which understand Windows executables and DLLs.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-binutils.
Install mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mingw32-binutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-binutils
Install mingw32-binutils 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 mingw32-binutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-binutils
How To Uninstall mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mingw32-binutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-binutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-binutils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.