How To Install mingw32-headers on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-headers on CentOS 8. mingw32-headers is MinGW Windows cross-compiler Win32 header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-headers on CentOS 8.

What is mingw32-headers

MinGW Windows cross-compiler Win32 header files.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-headers on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-headers.

Install mingw32-headers 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-headers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw32-headers

Install mingw32-headers 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-headers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw32-headers

How To Uninstall mingw32-headers on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mingw32-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw32-headers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-headers on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.