How To Install crossfire on Fedora 34

crossfire is Server for hosting crossfire games

Introduction

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

What is crossfire

Crossfire is a highly graphical role-playing adventure game with characteristics reminiscent of rogue, nethack, omega, and gauntlet. It has multiplayer capability and presently runs under X11. This package contains the server for hosting crossfire games over a public or private network.

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

Install crossfire 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 crossfire using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install crossfire

Install crossfire 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 crossfire using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install crossfire

How To Uninstall crossfire on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove crossfire

crossfire Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/crossfire
/etc/crossfire/ban_file
/etc/crossfire/dm_file
/etc/crossfire/exp_table
/etc/crossfire/forbid
/etc/crossfire/metaserver2
/etc/crossfire/motd
/etc/crossfire/news
/etc/crossfire/rules
/etc/crossfire/settings
/etc/crossfire/stat_bonus
/etc/logrotate.d/crossfire
/etc/sysconfig/crossfire
/usr/bin/crossfire-server
/usr/bin/crossloop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/3a689385cc0d43e98de0c5ca68da2dd4e03e5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/7ca5287702ba7386d4dc2fae9ee370339f850a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/crossfire.service
/usr/lib64/crossfire
/usr/libexec/crossfire
/usr/libexec/crossfire/add_throw.perl
/usr/libexec/crossfire/metaserver.pl
/usr/libexec/crossfire/mktable.script
/usr/libexec/crossfire/random_map
/usr/share/crossfire
/usr/share/crossfire/adm
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/archsearch.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/collect_images.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/map_expand.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/map_info
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/mapslitter.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/animations
/usr/share/crossfire/archetypes
/usr/share/crossfire/artifacts
/usr/share/crossfire/attackmess
/usr/share/crossfire/bmaps.paths
/usr/share/crossfire/crossfire.0
/usr/share/crossfire/crossfire.1
/usr/share/crossfire/def_help
/usr/share/crossfire/faces
/usr/share/crossfire/formulae
/usr/share/crossfire/help
/usr/share/crossfire/help/apply.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/apply.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/applymode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/applymode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bind.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bind.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bowmode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bowmode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/brace.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/brace.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/cast.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/cast.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/chat.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/death.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/drop.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/drop.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/dropall.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/dropall.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/empty.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/empty.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/fire.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/fire_stop.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/golem.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/invoke.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/keys.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/killpets.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/killpets.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/knowledge.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/knowledge.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/listen.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/listen.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/maps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/maps.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mark.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mark.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/melee.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/melee.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/motd.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/motd.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mouse.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/move.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/news.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/news.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party_rejoin.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party_rejoin.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/peaceful.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/peaceful.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/petmode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/petmode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/pickup.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/pickup.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quest.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quest.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quit.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quit.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/range.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/ready_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rename.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rename.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rules.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rules.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/save.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/save.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/shout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/shout.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/showpets.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/showpets.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/skills.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/skills.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/sort_inventory.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/sound.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/spells.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/statistics.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/take.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/take.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/title.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/traps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/unarmed_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/unbind.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/usekeys.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/usekeys.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/whereabouts.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/whereabouts.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/wimpy.en
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n/messages.en
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n/messages.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/image_info
/usr/share/crossfire/materials
/usr/share/crossfire/messages
/usr/share/crossfire/races
/usr/share/crossfire/smooth
/usr/share/crossfire/tools
/usr/share/crossfire/tools/crossloop.web
/usr/share/crossfire/tools/player_dl.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/treasures
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/abil.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/abil.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/addexp.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/banish.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/create.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/debug.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dump.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallarchtypes.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallmaps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallobjects.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpbelow.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpfriendlyobjects.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/forget_spell.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/free.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/goto.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/hide.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/insert_into.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/invisible.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/kick.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/learn_special_prayer.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/learn_spell.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/mon_aggr.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/nodm.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/nowiz.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/overlay_save.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/patch.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/plugin.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/pluglist.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/plugout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/possess.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/printlos.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/purge_quest_state.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/purge_quests.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/remove.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/reset.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/server_speed.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/set_god.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/shutdown.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/spellreset.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/ssdumptable.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/stats.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/style_info.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/summon.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/teleport.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/time.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/toggle_shout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/who.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizcast.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizhelp.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizpass.en
/usr/share/doc/crossfire
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/README
/usr/share/licenses/crossfire
/usr/share/licenses/crossfire/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man6/crossfire-config.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossfire-server.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossloop.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossloop.web.6.gz
/var/games/crossfire
/var/games/crossfire/account
/var/games/crossfire/banish_file
/var/games/crossfire/bookarch
/var/games/crossfire/clockdata
/var/games/crossfire/datafiles
/var/games/crossfire/highscore
/var/games/crossfire/maps
/var/games/crossfire/players
/var/games/crossfire/temp.maps
/var/games/crossfire/template-maps
/var/games/crossfire/tmp
/var/games/crossfire/unique-items
/var/log/crossfire

References

Summary

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