How To Install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mingw64-bzip2
Bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high quality data compressor. Bzip2 compresses files to within 10 to 15 percent of the capabilities of the best techniques available. However, bzip2 has the added benefit of being approximately two times faster at compression and six times faster at decompression than those techniques. Bzip2 is not the fastest compression utility, but it does strike a balance between speed and compression capability. This package contains development tools and libraries for use when cross-compiling Windows software.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-bzip2.
Install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-bzip2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-bzip2
Install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-bzip2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-bzip2
How To Uninstall mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mingw64-bzip2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-bzip2
mingw64-bzip2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-bzip2
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-bzip2/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bunzip2.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzcat.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzcmp
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzdiff
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzegrep
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzfgrep
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzgrep
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzip2.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzip2recover.exe
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzless
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/bzmore
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libbz2-1.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/bzlib.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libbz2.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/bzip2.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-bzip2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.