How To Install fbzx on Fedora 34

fbzx is A ZX Spectrum emulator for FrameBuffer

Introduction

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

What is fbzx

FBZX is a Sinclair Spectrum emulator, designed to work at full screen using the FrameBuffer or under X-Windows.

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

Install fbzx 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 fbzx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fbzx

Install fbzx 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 fbzx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fbzx

How To Uninstall fbzx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fbzx

fbzx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fbzx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/d17ea28d2e7b21770893d202ad8c6ec93fbdb5
/usr/share/appdata/fbzx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/fbzx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/fbzx
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/AMSTRAD
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/CAPABILITIES
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/HISTORY.md
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README.TZX
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README.md
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README_fbzx.Fedora
/usr/share/fbzx
/usr/share/fbzx/keymap.bmp
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/fbzx.svg
/usr/share/licenses/fbzx
/usr/share/licenses/fbzx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fbzx.1.gz
/usr/bin/fbzx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/bc6b907ee6fafee5bf5296d0cfbcb354c7bf7f
/usr/share/appdata/fbzx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/fbzx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/fbzx
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/AMSTRAD
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/CAPABILITIES
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/HISTORY.md
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README.TZX
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README.md
/usr/share/doc/fbzx/README_fbzx.Fedora
/usr/share/fbzx
/usr/share/fbzx/keymap.bmp
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/fbzx.svg
/usr/share/licenses/fbzx
/usr/share/licenses/fbzx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fbzx.1.gz

References

Summary

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