How To Install crossfire on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire in Fedora 36. crossfire is Server for hosting crossfire games

Introduction

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

What is `crossfire`

Crossfire is a highly graphical role-playing adventure game with characteristics reminiscent of rogue, nethack, omega, and gauntlet. It has multiplayer capability and presently runs under X11. This package contains the server for hosting crossfire games over a public or private network.

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

Install crossfire 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 crossfire using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install crossfire

Install crossfire 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 crossfire using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install crossfire

How To Uninstall crossfire on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove crossfire

crossfire Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/crossfire
/etc/crossfire/ban_file
/etc/crossfire/dm_file
/etc/crossfire/exp_table
/etc/crossfire/forbid
/etc/crossfire/metaserver2
/etc/crossfire/motd
/etc/crossfire/news
/etc/crossfire/rules
/etc/crossfire/settings
/etc/crossfire/stat_bonus
/etc/logrotate.d/crossfire
/etc/sysconfig/crossfire
/usr/bin/crossfire-server
/usr/bin/crossloop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/7ac12194855f76a47c2afa9737d2f74ea5632b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/48ee3ef5abf8ed5b3f7db967f8c134e8907685
/usr/lib/systemd/system/crossfire.service
/usr/lib64/crossfire
/usr/libexec/crossfire
/usr/libexec/crossfire/add_throw.perl
/usr/libexec/crossfire/metaserver.pl
/usr/libexec/crossfire/mktable.script
/usr/libexec/crossfire/random_map
/usr/share/crossfire
/usr/share/crossfire/adm
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/archsearch.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/collect_images.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/map_expand.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/map_info
/usr/share/crossfire/adm/mapslitter.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/animations
/usr/share/crossfire/archetypes
/usr/share/crossfire/artifacts
/usr/share/crossfire/attackmess
/usr/share/crossfire/bmaps.paths
/usr/share/crossfire/crossfire.0
/usr/share/crossfire/crossfire.1
/usr/share/crossfire/def_help
/usr/share/crossfire/faces
/usr/share/crossfire/formulae
/usr/share/crossfire/help
/usr/share/crossfire/help/apply.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/apply.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/applymode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/applymode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bind.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bind.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bowmode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/bowmode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/brace.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/brace.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/cast.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/cast.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/chat.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/death.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/drop.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/drop.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/dropall.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/dropall.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/empty.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/empty.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/fire.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/fire_stop.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/golem.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/invoke.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/keys.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/killpets.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/killpets.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/knowledge.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/knowledge.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/listen.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/listen.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/maps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/maps.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mark.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mark.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/melee.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/melee.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/motd.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/motd.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/mouse.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/move.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/news.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/news.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party_rejoin.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/party_rejoin.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/peaceful.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/peaceful.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/petmode.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/petmode.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/pickup.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/pickup.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quest.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quest.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quit.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/quit.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/range.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/ready_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rename.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rename.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rules.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/rules.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/save.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/save.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/shout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/shout.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/showpets.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/showpets.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/skills.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/skills.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/sort_inventory.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/sound.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/spells.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/statistics.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/take.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/take.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/title.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/traps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/unarmed_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/unbind.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/use_skill.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/usekeys.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/usekeys.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/whereabouts.en
/usr/share/crossfire/help/whereabouts.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/help/wimpy.en
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n/messages.en
/usr/share/crossfire/i18n/messages.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/image_info
/usr/share/crossfire/materials
/usr/share/crossfire/messages
/usr/share/crossfire/races
/usr/share/crossfire/smooth
/usr/share/crossfire/tools
/usr/share/crossfire/tools/crossloop.web
/usr/share/crossfire/tools/player_dl.pl
/usr/share/crossfire/treasures
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/abil.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/abil.fr
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/addexp.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/banish.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/create.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/debug.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dump.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallarchtypes.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallmaps.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpallobjects.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpbelow.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/dumpfriendlyobjects.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/forget_spell.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/free.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/goto.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/hide.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/insert_into.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/invisible.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/kick.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/learn_special_prayer.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/learn_spell.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/mon_aggr.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/nodm.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/nowiz.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/overlay_save.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/patch.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/plugin.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/pluglist.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/plugout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/possess.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/printlos.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/purge_quest_state.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/purge_quests.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/remove.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/reset.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/server_speed.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/set_god.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/shutdown.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/spellreset.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/ssdumptable.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/stats.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/style_info.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/summon.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/teleport.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/time.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/toggle_shout.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/who.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizcast.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizhelp.en
/usr/share/crossfire/wizhelp/wizpass.en
/usr/share/doc/crossfire
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/crossfire/README
/usr/share/licenses/crossfire
/usr/share/licenses/crossfire/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man6/crossfire-config.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossfire-server.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossloop.6.gz
/usr/share/man/man6/crossloop.web.6.gz
/var/games/crossfire
/var/games/crossfire/account
/var/games/crossfire/banish_file
/var/games/crossfire/bookarch
/var/games/crossfire/clockdata
/var/games/crossfire/datafiles
/var/games/crossfire/highscore
/var/games/crossfire/maps
/var/games/crossfire/players
/var/games/crossfire/temp.maps
/var/games/crossfire/template-maps
/var/games/crossfire/tmp
/var/games/crossfire/unique-items
/var/log/crossfire

References

crossfire website

Summary

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