How To Install mingw64-zlib on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-zlib on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mingw64-zlib
MinGW Windows zlib compression library for the win64 target.
We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-zlib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-zlib.
Install mingw64-zlib 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-zlib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mingw64-zlib
Install mingw64-zlib 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-zlib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mingw64-zlib
How To Uninstall mingw64-zlib on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mingw64-zlib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mingw64-zlib
mingw64-zlib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/zlib1.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/zconf.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/include/zlib.h
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libz.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/pkgconfig/zlib.pc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-zlib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.