How To Install chessx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install chessx in Fedora 36. chessx is Chess Database and PGN viewer

Introduction

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

What is `chessx`

ChessX is a free and open source chess database application for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

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

Install chessx 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 chessx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install chessx

Install chessx 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 chessx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install chessx

How To Uninstall chessx on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove chessx

chessx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/chessx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/c0d49983388b45099373ae593bd82e4748dea7
/usr/share/applications/chessx.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/chessx.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/chessx.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/chessx.png
/usr/share/licenses/chessx
/usr/share/licenses/chessx/COPYING
/usr/share/metainfo/io.sourceforge.ChessX.metainfo.xml

References

chessx website

Summary

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