Information about the package, mingw64-binutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mingw64-binutils package is designed for, Cross-compiled version of binutils for the Win64 environment.
Package Name:
mingw64-binutils
Summary:
Cross-compiled version of binutils for the Win64 environment
Description:
Cross compiled binutils (utilities like 'strip', 'as', 'ld') which understand Windows executables and DLLs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.25
Release:
2.el6
Size:
6.0 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
Control the mingw64-binutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mingw64-binutils
This command will install mingw64-binutils on the server.
yum remove mingw64-binutils
This command will un-install mingw64-binutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw64-binutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mingw64-binutils
This command will un-install mingw64-binutils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mingw64-binutils when using the -y flag.
yum update mingw64-binutils
This command will update mingw64-binutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw64-binutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mingw64-binutils
This command will update mingw64-binutils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mingw64-binutils when using the -y flag.
yum info mingw64-binutils
This command will show you core information about the mingw64-binutils package.
yum deplist mingw64-binutils
This command will show you the dependencies for mingw64-binutils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update mingw64-binutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mingw64-binutils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.