How To Install bletchmame on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bletchmame in Fedora 36. bletchmame is MAME emulator frontend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bletchmame on Fedora 36.

What is `bletchmame`

BletchMAME is a new experimental front end for MAME. Unlike existing front ends (which function as launchers, keeping MAME’s internal UI), BletchMAME replaces the internal MAME UI with a more conventional point and click GUI to provide a friendlier experience in a number of areas (such as profiles, input configuration and a number of others). While BletchMAME is intended to support all machines supported by MAME, it should be particularly suitable to computer emulation.

We can use yum or dnf to install bletchmame on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bletchmame.

Install bletchmame on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bletchmame using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bletchmame

Install bletchmame on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bletchmame using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bletchmame

How To Uninstall bletchmame on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bletchmame

bletchmame Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/BletchMAME
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/73951760473791677198771bb3dd9b27376193
/usr/share/applications/bletchmame.desktop
/usr/share/bletchmame
/usr/share/bletchmame/plugins
/usr/share/bletchmame/plugins/worker_ui
/usr/share/bletchmame/plugins/worker_ui/init.lua
/usr/share/bletchmame/plugins/worker_ui/plugin.json
/usr/share/doc/bletchmame
/usr/share/doc/bletchmame/README.fedora
/usr/share/doc/bletchmame/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/bletchmame
/usr/share/licenses/bletchmame/LICENSE.rtf
/usr/share/metainfo/bletchmame.metainfo.xml

References

bletchmame website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bletchmame on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).