How To Install SkyX on Fedora 34

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Introduction

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

What is `SkyX`

SkyX is a photo-realistic, simple and fast sky simulator. It can be used with the OGRE engine. SkyX 0.4 29.fc34 x86_64 2.9 M SkyX-0.4-29.fc34.src.rpm fedora Photo-realistic sky simulator http LGPLv2+ SkyX is a photo-realistic, simple and fast sky simulator. It can be used with the OGRE engine.

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

Install SkyX 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 SkyX using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SkyX

Install SkyX 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 SkyX using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SkyX

How To Uninstall SkyX on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove SkyX

SkyX Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/8735ef7d5f93ceef1c46fc4c24219ee08afd93
/usr/lib/libSkyX.so.0
/usr/lib/libSkyX.so.0.3.1
/usr/share/SKYX
/usr/share/SKYX/Media
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/Clouds.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/CloudsNormal.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/CloudsTile.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/Noise.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX.material
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_MoonHalo.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Starfield.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts/Terrain.cfg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts/Terrain.material
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/Terrain.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainAmbientMap.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainTex0.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainTex1.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/packs
/usr/share/SKYX/Plugins.cfg
/usr/share/SKYX/resources.cfg
/usr/share/doc/SkyX
/usr/share/doc/SkyX/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/SkyX/Readme.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/89e987f426851f315a105d094ce90b503b133a
/usr/lib64/libSkyX.so.0
/usr/lib64/libSkyX.so.0.3.1
/usr/share/SKYX
/usr/share/SKYX/Media
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/Clouds.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/CloudsNormal.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/CloudsTile.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/Noise.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX.material
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Clouds.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Ground.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Lightning.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Moon.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_MoonHalo.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Skydome.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_Starfield.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/SkyX/SkyX_VolClouds_Lightning.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.fragment
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.hlsl
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/programs/Terrain.vertex
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts/Terrain.cfg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/scripts/Terrain.material
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/Terrain.png
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainAmbientMap.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainTex0.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/Terrain/textures/TerrainTex1.jpg
/usr/share/SKYX/Media/packs
/usr/share/SKYX/Plugins.cfg
/usr/share/SKYX/resources.cfg
/usr/share/doc/SkyX
/usr/share/doc/SkyX/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/SkyX/Readme.txt

References

[SkyX website](http://www.paradise-sandbox.com/#hydraxskyx.php http://www.paradise-sandbox.com/#hydraxskyx.php)

Summary

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