How To Install mingw64-termcap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-termcap on Rocky Linux 8. mingw64-termcap is MinGW terminal feature database

Introduction

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

What is `mingw64-termcap`

This is the GNU termcap library – a library of C functions that enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way independent of the terminal type. The GNU termcap library does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of termcap entries, unlike most other termcap libraries. This package contains libraries and development tools for the MinGW cross-compiled version.

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

Install mingw64-termcap 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-termcap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-termcap

Install mingw64-termcap 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-termcap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-termcap

How To Uninstall mingw64-termcap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove mingw64-termcap

mingw64-termcap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-termcap
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-termcap/COPYING
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libtermcap-0.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/termcap.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libtermcap.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-1
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-2
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-3
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/share/info/termcap.info-4

References

mingw64-termcap website

Summary

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