How To Install mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-gettext-static is Static version of the MinGW Windows Gettext library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mingw64-gettext-static`

Static version of the MinGW Windows Gettext library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-gettext-static.

Install mingw64-gettext-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-gettext-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-gettext-static

Install mingw64-gettext-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-gettext-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-gettext-static

How To Uninstall mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mingw64-gettext-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-gettext-static

mingw64-gettext-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libasprintf.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libgettextpo.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libintl.a

References

mingw64-gettext-static website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-gettext-static on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.