How To Install xonotic on Fedora 34

xonotic is Multiplayer, deathmatch oriented first person shooter

Introduction

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

What is xonotic

Xonotic is a fast-paced, chaotic, and intense multiplayer first person shooter, focused on providing basic, old style deathmatches.

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

Install xonotic 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 xonotic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xonotic

Install xonotic 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 xonotic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xonotic

How To Uninstall xonotic on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xonotic

xonotic Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xonotic-glx
/usr/bin/xonotic-sdl
/usr/bin/xonotic-sdl-wrapper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/cff0a51bacec6062f328a6dd971680f3961eff
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/059da7912b432482f6d7536c732f1502653d8e
/usr/share/appdata/xonotic.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xonotic.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/xonotic.png

References

Summary

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