Information about the package, mingw64-gcc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mingw64-gcc package is designed for, MinGW Windows cross-compiler (GCC) for C for the win64 target.
Package Name:
mingw64-gcc
Summary:
MinGW Windows cross-compiler (GCC) for C for the win64 target
URL:
Description:
MinGW Windows cross-compiler (GCC) for C for the win64 target.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.9.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
8.1 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions
Control the mingw64-gcc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mingw64-gcc
This command will install mingw64-gcc on the server.
yum remove mingw64-gcc
This command will un-install mingw64-gcc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw64-gcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mingw64-gcc
This command will un-install mingw64-gcc 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-gcc when using the -y flag.
yum update mingw64-gcc
This command will update mingw64-gcc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw64-gcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mingw64-gcc
This command will update mingw64-gcc 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-gcc when using the -y flag.
yum info mingw64-gcc
This command will show you core information about the mingw64-gcc package.
yum deplist mingw64-gcc
This command will show you the dependencies for mingw64-gcc. 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-gcc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mingw64-gcc. 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.