How To Install spim on Fedora 34

spim is An assembly language MIPS32 simulator

Introduction

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

What is spim

spim is a self-contained simulator that runs MIPS32 programs. It reads and executes assembly language programs written for this processor. spim also provides a simple debugger and minimal set of operating system services.

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

Install spim 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 spim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spim

Install spim 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 spim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spim

How To Uninstall spim on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove spim

spim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/spim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/9cae05d9ce1134e4bd363723dfb388436d2836
/usr/share/doc/spim
/usr/share/doc/spim/README
/usr/share/man/man1/spim.1.gz
/usr/share/spim
/usr/share/spim/exceptions.s

References

Summary

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