How To Install BlockOutII on Fedora 34

BlockOutII is A free adaptation of the original BlockOut DOS game

Introduction

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

What is BlockOutII

BlockOut II is a free adaptation of the original BlockOut DOS game edited by California Dreams in 1989. BlockOut II has the same features than the original game with few graphic improvements. The score calculation is also nearly similar to the original game. BlockOut II has been designed by an addicted player for addicted players. BlockOut II is an open source project available for both Windows and Linux. Blockout is a registered trademark of Kadon Enterprises, Inc., used by permission for the BlockOut II application by Jean-Luc Pons.

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

Install BlockOutII 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 BlockOutII using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install BlockOutII

Install BlockOutII 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 BlockOutII using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install BlockOutII

How To Uninstall BlockOutII on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove BlockOutII

BlockOutII Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/BlockOutII
/usr/bin/BlockOutII-wrapper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/9058f3d9121701185cf0949ccc151e2a69dcf3
/usr/share/BlockOutII
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/background.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/background2.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/background3.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/font.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/gameover.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/gameovera.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/marble.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/marbleg.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/menuback.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/menucredits.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/menufont.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/menufont2.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/menupit.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/online.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/onlinea.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/spark.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/sparka.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/sprites.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/spritesa.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/images/star_crystal_grid.png
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/blub.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/empty.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/empty2.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/hit.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/level.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/level2.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/line.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/line2.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/music.ogg
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/tchh.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/welldone.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/welldone2.wav
/usr/share/BlockOutII/sounds/wozz.wav
/usr/share/appdata/BlockOutII.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/BlockOutII.desktop
/usr/share/doc/BlockOutII
/usr/share/doc/BlockOutII/README.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/BlockOutII.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/BlockOutII.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/BlockOutII.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/BlockOutII.png

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Summary

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