How To Install tempest on Fedora 34

tempest is Tempest OpenGL screensaver

Introduction

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

What is tempest

Tempest is a screensaver based on a physical model whereby particles are attracted to their neighbors.

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

Install tempest 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 tempest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tempest

Install tempest 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 tempest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tempest

How To Uninstall tempest on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tempest

tempest Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/tempest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/9ec03cb6bcb6c2a1b40c29860afd415e149c3c

References

Summary

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