How To Install mingw32-libffi on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libffi on CentOS 8.
What is mingw32-libffi
Foreign function interface library for MinGW.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw32-libffi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw32-libffi.
Install mingw32-libffi 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-libffi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw32-libffi
Install mingw32-libffi 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-libffi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw32-libffi
How To Uninstall mingw32-libffi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mingw32-libffi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw32-libffi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw32-libffi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.