How To Install mingw64-freetype-static on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-freetype-static on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mingw64-freetype-static
Static version of the MinGW Windows Freetype library.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-freetype-static on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-freetype-static.
Install mingw64-freetype-static 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-freetype-static using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-freetype-static
Install mingw64-freetype-static 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-freetype-static using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-freetype-static
How To Uninstall mingw64-freetype-static on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mingw64-freetype-static package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-freetype-static
mingw64-freetype-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libfreetype.a
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-freetype-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.