How To Install ksquares on Fedora 34
ksquares is Connect the dots to create squares
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksquares on Fedora 34.
What is ksquares
The idea behind KSquares is to construct squares by interconnecting the dots on the grid. Up to four players can play this game together, taking turns. The trick is – regardless of who has constructed most of the square, it is the player who completes the square that gets the point for it. To win the game round player has to collect the most points by covering the most area with the squares of player’s own color.
We can use yum or dnf to install ksquares on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ksquares.
Install ksquares 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 ksquares using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ksquares
Install ksquares 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 ksquares using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ksquares
How To Uninstall ksquares on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ksquares package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ksquares
ksquares Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/ksquares
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/8771b1fc53651152c69b0aa4cb155ae8c78b46
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.ksquares.desktop
/usr/share/config.kcfg/ksquares.kcfg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares/configure-display.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares/gameboard.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/ksquares/newgame.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ja/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ja/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ja/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares/configure-display.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares/gameboard.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/ksquares/newgame.png
/usr/share/doc/ksquares
/usr/share/doc/ksquares/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/ksquares.png
/usr/share/licenses/ksquares
/usr/share/licenses/ksquares/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ksquares/COPYING.DOC
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ksquares.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.ksquares.appdata.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksquares on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.