How To Install xscorch on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscorch on Fedora 34.
What is xscorch
xscorch is a clone of the classic DOS game, “Scorched Earth”. The basic goal is to annihilate enemy tanks using overpowered guns weapons, you target the enemy by adjusting the angle of your turret and firing power, and you hope to destroy their tank before they destroy yours.
We can use yum or dnf to install xscorch on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xscorch.
Install xscorch 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 xscorch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xscorch
Install xscorch 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 xscorch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xscorch
How To Uninstall xscorch on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xscorch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xscorch
xscorch Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xscorch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/7433f0e33662f1bfdde8e277dd20cbed3d2406
/usr/share/appdata/xscorch.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xscorch.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xscorch
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/AI
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/NETWORK
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/NOTES
/usr/share/doc/xscorch/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/xscorch.png
/usr/share/licenses/xscorch
/usr/share/licenses/xscorch/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man6/xscorch.6.gz
/usr/share/xscorch
/usr/share/xscorch/accessories.def
/usr/share/xscorch/copying.txt
/usr/share/xscorch/images
/usr/share/xscorch/images/xscorch-icon.xpm
/usr/share/xscorch/images/xscorch-logo.xpm
/usr/share/xscorch/profiles.def
/usr/share/xscorch/scorings.def
/usr/share/xscorch/sounds
/usr/share/xscorch/sounds/README
/usr/share/xscorch/weapons.def
/usr/share/xscorch/xscorch.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscorch on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
