How To Install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34

rcssmonitor is RoboCup 2D Soccer Simulator Monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34.

What is rcssmonitor

The RoboCup Soccer Simulator Monitor is a viewer for moved 2d vector graphics. You can use it to watch 2D soccer games running on rcssserver. However, The architecture of The RoboCup Soccer Simulator Monitor was from the beginning kept as general and modular as possible and not just hacked to fit the needs of the robocup soccer server (rcssserver). So by now The RoboCup Soccer Simulator Monitor is also used to visualize many other two dimensional system. You can use UDP/IP communication sockets to send commands to The RoboCup Soccer Simulator Monitor. A generic communication device is also included. It understands a very easy description language to build and move 2d objects.

We can use yum or dnf to install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rcssmonitor.

Install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rcssmonitor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rcssmonitor

Install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rcssmonitor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rcssmonitor

How To Uninstall rcssmonitor on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the rcssmonitor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rcssmonitor

rcssmonitor Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rcssmonitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/2993559e3fd9295d862ee065a051b449263d3f
/usr/share/applications/rcssmonitor.desktop
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rcssmonitor/README.md
/usr/share/pixmaps/rcss.xpm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rcssmonitor on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.