How To Install player on Fedora 34

player is Cross-platform robot device interface and server Cross-platform robot device interface and server

Introduction

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

What is `player`

Player is a network server for robot control. Running on your robot, Player provides a clean and simple interface to the robot’s sensors and actuators over the IP network. Your client program talks to Player over a TCP socket, reading data from sensors, writing commmands to actuators, and configuring devices on the fly. Player supports a variety of robot hardware. player 3.1.0 33.fc34 x86_64 1.3 M player-3.1.0-33.fc34.src.rpm fedora Cross-platform robot device interface and server http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ Player is a network server for robot control. Running on your robot, Player provides a clean and simple interface to the robot’s sensors and actuators over the IP network. Your client program talks to Player over a TCP socket, reading data from sensors, writing commmands to actuators, and configuring devices on the fly. Player supports a variety of robot hardware.

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

Install player 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 player using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install player

Install player 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 player using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install player

How To Uninstall player on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove player

player Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/player
/etc/player/config/afsm.cfg
/etc/player/config/afsm.eps
/etc/player/config/amigobot.cfg
/etc/player/config/amigobot_tcp.cfg
/etc/player/config/amtecM5.cfg
/etc/player/config/b21r_rflex_lms200.cfg
/etc/player/config/cvcam.cfg
/etc/player/config/dummy.cfg
/etc/player/config/erratic.cfg
/etc/player/config/hokuyo_aist.cfg
/etc/player/config/iwspy.cfg
/etc/player/config/joystick.cfg
/etc/player/config/kinect.cfg
/etc/player/config/lms400.cfg
/etc/player/config/magellan.cfg
/etc/player/config/mapfile.cfg
/etc/player/config/mbicp.cfg
/etc/player/config/nomad.cfg
/etc/player/config/obot.cfg
/etc/player/config/passthrough.cfg
/etc/player/config/phidgetIFK.cfg
/etc/player/config/phidgetRFID.cfg
/etc/player/config/pioneer.cfg
/etc/player/config/pioneer_rs4euze.cfg
/etc/player/config/pointcloud3d.cfg
/etc/player/config/readlog.cfg
/etc/player/config/rfid.cfg
/etc/player/config/roomba.cfg
/etc/player/config/searchpattern.cfg
/etc/player/config/searchpattern_symbols.ps
/etc/player/config/segwayrmp.cfg
/etc/player/config/service_adv.cfg
/etc/player/config/simple.cfg
/etc/player/config/sphere.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_ATRVJr.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_ATRVMini.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_reb.cfg
/etc/player/config/urglaser.cfg
/etc/player/config/vfh.cfg
/etc/player/config/wavefront.cfg
/etc/player/config/wbr914.cfg
/etc/player/config/writelog.cfg
/etc/player/config/wsn.cfg
/usr/bin/player
/usr/bin/playercam
/usr/bin/playerinterfacegen
/usr/bin/playerjoy
/usr/bin/playerlogsplitter
/usr/bin/playernav
/usr/bin/playerprint
/usr/bin/playerprop
/usr/bin/playerv
/usr/bin/playervcr
/usr/bin/playerwritemap
/usr/bin/playerxdrgen
/usr/bin/pmaptest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/ee3f25addd45ba7cc6a1058440f93fbf7e3f2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/793ce87c7a7ef54f5d95dcf516f79fda26dd47
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/4e05e21da0e9f87144e7e0e3c04d485c5f3c3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/4432eacc052d4e19a46330614d9cf7eccc43e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/7cb4cdf1084cf72492230f2655b9be3afb06e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/862a9982a88f7c46fe43143f72e367d719f218
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/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/012eb8841f2e7cc50d9ee8fa4944039a5d9cfe
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/b27639a60d302ff4a24dad7856e36036408678
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/570fbaeb23bb8fea5c8d8e23d6d6b5be749d95
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/usr/lib/.build-id/46/4b5a2ede5650b16345ce7fd1011e657a499a7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/b318fd33ef5accc20d7121139d8bf4e710758c
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/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/4d1196780d0e20aeecc1f5436a08bb99e01086
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/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/a16e9fa49c69f81c04ae5909e1f70ac0139f47
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/d153c42edb069eb3942cceec131241cd87037f
/usr/lib64/liblodo.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/liblodo.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/liblododriver.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/liblododriver.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerc++.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerc++.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerc.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerc.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayercommon.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayercommon.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayercore.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayercore.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerdrivers.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerdrivers.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerinterface.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerinterface.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerjpeg.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerjpeg.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayertcp.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayertcp.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerudp.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerudp.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerutil.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerutil.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libplayerwkb.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libplayerwkb.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libpmap.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libpmap.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/libwavefront_standalone.so.3.1
/usr/lib64/libwavefront_standalone.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib64/player-3.1
/usr/share/applications/playercam.desktop
/usr/share/applications/playernav.desktop
/usr/share/applications/playerv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/player
/usr/share/doc/player/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/player/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/player
/usr/share/licenses/player/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/player/COPYING.lib
/usr/share/player
/etc/player
/etc/player/config/afsm.cfg
/etc/player/config/afsm.eps
/etc/player/config/amigobot.cfg
/etc/player/config/amigobot_tcp.cfg
/etc/player/config/amtecM5.cfg
/etc/player/config/b21r_rflex_lms200.cfg
/etc/player/config/cvcam.cfg
/etc/player/config/dummy.cfg
/etc/player/config/erratic.cfg
/etc/player/config/hokuyo_aist.cfg
/etc/player/config/iwspy.cfg
/etc/player/config/joystick.cfg
/etc/player/config/kinect.cfg
/etc/player/config/lms400.cfg
/etc/player/config/magellan.cfg
/etc/player/config/mapfile.cfg
/etc/player/config/mbicp.cfg
/etc/player/config/nomad.cfg
/etc/player/config/obot.cfg
/etc/player/config/passthrough.cfg
/etc/player/config/phidgetIFK.cfg
/etc/player/config/phidgetRFID.cfg
/etc/player/config/pioneer.cfg
/etc/player/config/pioneer_rs4euze.cfg
/etc/player/config/pointcloud3d.cfg
/etc/player/config/readlog.cfg
/etc/player/config/rfid.cfg
/etc/player/config/roomba.cfg
/etc/player/config/searchpattern.cfg
/etc/player/config/searchpattern_symbols.ps
/etc/player/config/segwayrmp.cfg
/etc/player/config/service_adv.cfg
/etc/player/config/simple.cfg
/etc/player/config/sphere.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_ATRVJr.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_ATRVMini.cfg
/etc/player/config/umass_reb.cfg
/etc/player/config/urglaser.cfg
/etc/player/config/vfh.cfg
/etc/player/config/wavefront.cfg
/etc/player/config/wbr914.cfg
/etc/player/config/writelog.cfg
/etc/player/config/wsn.cfg
/usr/bin/player
/usr/bin/playercam
/usr/bin/playerinterfacegen
/usr/bin/playerjoy
/usr/bin/playerlogsplitter
/usr/bin/playernav
/usr/bin/playerprint
/usr/bin/playerprop
/usr/bin/playerv
/usr/bin/playervcr
/usr/bin/playerwritemap
/usr/bin/playerxdrgen
/usr/bin/pmaptest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/5f3387eba77951759698f49615cd5c39bea9ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/1b03182fbebc2d10fd300f81cb891ca3c72216
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/8a02bec617d4665b310ebd0b19d622eab1c29d
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/b5fc3030ee3726c7fa93b805797d18d9639d71
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/5ce76c1bf94144d3876f07eaf53a708e2058f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/a54dabe660c00f2a870b92baad8906b58eeaa5
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/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/812075e8db31b445d0bfbd70966fd2b13ab3df
/usr/lib/liblodo.so.3.1
/usr/lib/liblodo.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/liblododriver.so.3.1
/usr/lib/liblododriver.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerc++.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerc++.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerc.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerc.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayercommon.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayercommon.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayercore.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayercore.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerdrivers.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerdrivers.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerinterface.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerinterface.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerjpeg.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerjpeg.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayertcp.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayertcp.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerudp.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerudp.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerutil.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerutil.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libplayerwkb.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libplayerwkb.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libpmap.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libpmap.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/libwavefront_standalone.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libwavefront_standalone.so.3.1.0
/usr/lib/player-3.1
/usr/share/applications/playercam.desktop
/usr/share/applications/playernav.desktop
/usr/share/applications/playerv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/player
/usr/share/doc/player/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/player/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/player
/usr/share/licenses/player/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/player/COPYING.lib
/usr/share/player

References

[player website](http://playerproject.github.io http://playerproject.github.io)

Summary

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