How To Install alex4 on Fedora 34

alex4 is Alex the Allegator 4 - Platform game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alex4 on Fedora 34.

What is alex4

In the latest installment of the series Alex travels through the jungle in search of his kidnapped girlfriend. Plenty of classic platforming in four nice colors guaranteed!

We can use yum or dnf to install alex4 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install alex4.

Install alex4 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 alex4 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install alex4

Install alex4 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 alex4 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install alex4

How To Uninstall alex4 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the alex4 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove alex4

alex4 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/alex4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/de443f17a885a180389772fc6d6ef5f10b9f0e
/usr/share/alex4
/usr/share/alex4/a45.dat
/usr/share/alex4/data.dat
/usr/share/alex4/maps.dat
/usr/share/alex4/sfx_22.dat
/usr/share/appdata/alex4.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/alex4.desktop
/usr/share/doc/alex4
/usr/share/doc/alex4/alex4.ini
/usr/share/doc/alex4/license.txt
/usr/share/doc/alex4/readme.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/alex4.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alex4 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.