How To Install mingw64-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mingw64-pkg-config

The pkgconfig tool determines compilation options. For each required library, it reads the configuration file and outputs the necessary compiler and linker flags.

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

Install mingw64-pkg-config 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-pkg-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-pkg-config

Install mingw64-pkg-config 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-pkg-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-pkg-config

How To Uninstall mingw64-pkg-config on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mingw64-pkg-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-pkg-config

mingw64-pkg-config Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/e4fb3593da68ca855dfb667f2f6ef43080a192
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config/README
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-pkg-config/pkg-config-guide.html
/usr/share/man/man1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-pkg-config.1.gz

References

• mingw64-pkg-config website

Summary

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