How To Install xskat on Fedora 34

xskat is The card game Skat

Introduction

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

What is xskat

XSkat lets you play the card game Skat as defined by the official Skat Order. Features * Single- and multiplayer mode * Playing over LAN or IRC * Game lists and logs * Three types of scoring * English or German text * German or French suited cards * Selectable computer playing strength * Pre-definable card distributions * Variations

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

Install xskat 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 xskat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xskat

Install xskat 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 xskat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xskat

How To Uninstall xskat on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xskat

xskat Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xskat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/129de047758153ea8e448e19d647afe0d8c5ce
/usr/share/appdata/xskat.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xskat.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xskat
/usr/share/doc/xskat/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/xskat/CHANGES-de
/usr/share/doc/xskat/README
/usr/share/doc/xskat/README-de
/usr/share/doc/xskat/README.IRC
/usr/share/doc/xskat/README.IRC-de
/usr/share/man/de/man6/xskat.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/xskat.6.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xskat.xpm

References

Summary

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