How To Install qcvm on Fedora 34

qcvm is Standalone QuakeC VM binary executor

Introduction

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

What is qcvm

Executor for QuakeC VM binary files created using a QC compiler such as gmqcc or fteqcc. It provides a small set of built-in functions, and by default executes the main function if there is one. Some options useful for debugging are available as well.

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

Install qcvm 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 qcvm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qcvm

Install qcvm 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 qcvm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qcvm

How To Uninstall qcvm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove qcvm

qcvm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/qcvm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/1216a81316fd0d6a7ba2c83108b94d8f8dacc3
/usr/share/doc/qcvm
/usr/share/doc/qcvm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/qcvm/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/qcvm/README
/usr/share/doc/qcvm/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qcvm
/usr/share/licenses/qcvm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/qcvm.1.gz

References

Summary

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