How To Install rgbds on Fedora 34

rgbds is A development package for the Game Boy, including an assembler

Introduction

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

What is rgbds

RGBDS (Rednex Game Boy Development System) is a free assembler/linker package for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. It consists of * rgbasm (assembler) * rgblink (linker) * rgbfix (checksum/header fixer) * rgbgfx (PNG‐to‐2bpp graphics converter)

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

Install rgbds 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 rgbds using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rgbds

Install rgbds 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 rgbds using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rgbds

How To Uninstall rgbds on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rgbds

rgbds Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rgbasm
/usr/bin/rgbfix
/usr/bin/rgbgfx
/usr/bin/rgblink
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/4c0cd71d9cf518df9b37121a001f6a48c5ca56
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/78b9d020c550fe507b65db5d4b9e35a40acbe2
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/99d01a042e2b94169d8f8e8ace8bb8d893bbb8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/d9475b9292d3da4a9f2e40b5e4573db2f609dc
/usr/share/doc/rgbds
/usr/share/doc/rgbds/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbasm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbfix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbgfx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgblink.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbasm.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbds.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgblink.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/gbz80.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rgbds.7.gz
/usr/bin/rgbasm
/usr/bin/rgbfix
/usr/bin/rgbgfx
/usr/bin/rgblink
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/d04a93ce28c19bf4413cbfc98ec66db4c06df8
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/dd3a6872a1faf2e3ac648c8704c25898682c5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/5200d5990cc5040aea040c77ebf329a64bca57
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/ef3b87cfa37997adb70f8eda4830b5a66b5aa9
/usr/share/doc/rgbds
/usr/share/doc/rgbds/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbasm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbfix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbgfx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgblink.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbasm.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbds.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgblink.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/gbz80.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rgbds.7.gz

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Summary

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