How To Install apx on Fedora 34

apx is QIX clone, cut into and claim the square area

Introduction

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

What is apx

APX is a QIX clone with minor differences in game-play from the original. Read about the original Use arrow keys to move around the perimeter of square, hold down Space or Shift to cut into the area. Connect back to perimeter to claim the area. Your objective is to claim 75 percent or more to proceed to the next level. Claiming with Shift key will be slower but give you double the points. For every claimed full percent over 75 percent you get extra 1000 points.

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

Install apx 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 apx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apx

Install apx 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 apx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apx

How To Uninstall apx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove apx

apx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/apx
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx-0.1-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx-0.1-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx-0.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx-0.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx-0.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/board.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/board.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/colors.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/colors.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/conf.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/conf.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/game.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/game.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/scores.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/scores.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/screens.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/screens.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/splash.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/splash.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/sprites.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/__pycache__/sprites.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/board.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/colors.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/conf.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/game.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/game_utils.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/game_utils.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/graphics.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/graphics.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/layout.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/layout.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/pytweener.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/pytweener.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/utils.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/__pycache__/utils.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/game_utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/graphics.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/layout.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/pytweener.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/lib/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/scores.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/screens.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/splash.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apx/sprites.py
/usr/share/appdata/apx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/apx.desktop
/usr/share/apx
/usr/share/apx/apx.sqlite
/usr/share/doc/apx
/usr/share/doc/apx/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/apx/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apx.svg
/usr/share/licenses/apx
/usr/share/licenses/apx/LICENSE

References

Summary

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