How To Install zasx on Fedora 34

zasx is Asteroid like game with powerups

Introduction

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

What is zasx

Shoot the asteroids before they hit your ship and collect power ups to restore your shields and improve your weapons. The game features single and dualplayer mode, joystick, music and sound.

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

Install zasx 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 zasx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zasx

Install zasx 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 zasx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zasx

How To Uninstall zasx on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zasx

zasx Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/zasx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/f9786c7d5c85f1597a67d58012fcacdc10ca92
/usr/share/appdata/zasx.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/zasx.desktop
/usr/share/doc/zasx
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/config1.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/config2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/ingame.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/laserfire.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/laserfire2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/laserfire3.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/laserpwrup.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/mainmenu.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/normalgun.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/rapid01.bmp
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/rapidfire.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/rapidpwrup.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/running_the_game.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/shieldpwrup.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/statusbar.jpg
/usr/share/doc/zasx/html/zasx.css
/usr/share/doc/zasx/readme.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/zasx.png
/usr/share/licenses/zasx
/usr/share/licenses/zasx/copying.txt
/usr/share/zasx
/usr/share/zasx/demo.dat
/usr/share/zasx/health.dat
/usr/share/zasx/laser.dat
/usr/share/zasx/rapid.dat

References

Summary

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