How To Install mcrcon on Fedora 34

mcrcon is Console based rcon client for minecraft servers

Introduction

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

What is `mcrcon`

Mcrcon is powerful IPv6 compliant minecraft rcon client with bukkit coloring support. It is well suited for remote administration and to be used as part of automated server maintenance scripts. Does not cause “IO Connection reset” spam in server console. Features - Interacive terminal mode. Keeps the connection alive. - Send multiple commands in one command line. - Silent mode. Does not print rcon output. - Support for bukkit coloring on Windows and Linux (sh compatible shells). - Multiplatform code. Compiles on many platforms with only minor changes.

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

Install mcrcon 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 mcrcon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mcrcon

Install mcrcon 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 mcrcon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mcrcon

How To Uninstall mcrcon on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mcrcon

mcrcon Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mcrcon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/d3919fb635cfaccc7ff5332b0d1b36f0779226
/usr/share/doc/mcrcon
/usr/share/doc/mcrcon/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mcrcon
/usr/share/licenses/mcrcon/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/mcrcon.1.gz

References

mcrcon website

Summary

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