How To Install xsc on Fedora 34

xsc is A clone of the old vector graphics video game Star Castle

Introduction

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

What is xsc

The object is to blast a hole in the rings and destroy the enemy ship. The only problem is that it tracks your every move and as soon as you knock a hole in all three rings, and they all line up, it lets loose with the big nasty green fireballs. Avoid them. Avoid the little green buzzers, too. Shoot ’em if you want.

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

Install xsc 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 xsc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xsc

Install xsc 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 xsc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xsc

How To Uninstall xsc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xsc

xsc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xsc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/db99442ff09dc7663d3d1f762c334ab16d1cc3
/usr/share/applications/xsc.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xsc
/usr/share/doc/xsc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xsc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xsc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xsc/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/xsc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xsc/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xsc.png

References

Summary

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