How To Install Maelstrom on Fedora 34

Maelstrom is A space combat game

Introduction

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

What is Maelstrom

Maelstrom is a space combat game, originally ported from the Macintosh platform. Brave pilots get to dodge asteroids and fight off other ships at the same time.

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

Install Maelstrom 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 Maelstrom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install Maelstrom

Install Maelstrom 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 Maelstrom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install Maelstrom

How To Uninstall Maelstrom on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove Maelstrom

Maelstrom Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/Maelstrom
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/98f5c1a045849653b538872c4d55ba32687594
/usr/share/Maelstrom
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#100.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#101.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#102.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#103.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#104.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#110.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#128.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#129.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#130.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#131.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#132.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#133.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#134.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#135.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#136.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Icon#137.cicn
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#100.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#101.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#102.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#128.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#129.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#130.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#133.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#134.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#135.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Images/Maelstrom_Titles#999.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Maelstrom_Fonts
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Maelstrom_Sounds
/usr/share/Maelstrom/Maelstrom_Sprites
/usr/share/Maelstrom/icon.bmp
/usr/share/Maelstrom/icon.xpm
/usr/share/appdata/Maelstrom.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/Maelstrom.desktop
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Ambrosia_Software,_Inc._FAQ
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Maelstrom-Announce
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Maelstrom.FAQ
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/MaelstromGPL_press_release
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Networking.Paper
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Porting.Paper
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Quotes
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/RSA.README
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Technical_Notes-v1.0
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Technical_Notes-v1.1
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/Docs/Technical_Notes-v2.0
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/README
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/README.joystick
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/README.network
/usr/share/doc/Maelstrom/README.options
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/maelstrom.png
/usr/share/licenses/Maelstrom
/usr/share/licenses/Maelstrom/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/Maelstrom/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/licenses/Maelstrom/Maelstrom-Content-License.txt
/var/lib/games/Maelstrom-Scores

References

Summary

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