How To Install dosbox-staging on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosbox-staging in Fedora 36. dosbox-staging is DOS/x86 emulator focusing on ease of use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosbox-staging on Fedora 36.

What is `dosbox-staging`

DOSBox Staging is full x86 CPU emulator (independent of host architecture), capable of running DOS programs that require real or protected mode. It features built-in DOS-like shell terminal, emulation of several PC variants (IBM PC, IBM PCjr, Tandy 1000), CPUs (286, 386, 486, Pentium I), graphic chipsets (Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA), audio solutions (Sound Blaster, Gravis UltraSound, Disney Sound Source, Tandy Sound System), CD Digital Audio emulation (also with audio encoded as FLAC, Opus, OGG/Vorbis, MP3 or WAV), joystick emulation (supports modern game controllers), serial port emulation, IPX over UDP, GLSL shaders, and more. DOSBox Staging is highly configurable, well-optimized and fast enough to run any old DOS game using modern hardware.

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

Install dosbox-staging 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 dosbox-staging using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dosbox-staging

Install dosbox-staging 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 dosbox-staging using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dosbox-staging

How To Uninstall dosbox-staging on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dosbox-staging package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dosbox-staging

dosbox-staging Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dosbox
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/e6250d7751b852139e77fab400a38d532ba550
/usr/share/applications/dosbox-staging.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dosbox
/usr/share/doc/dosbox-staging
/usr/share/doc/dosbox-staging/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dosbox-staging/README
/usr/share/doc/dosbox-staging/THANKS
/usr/share/dosbox-staging
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/de.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/en.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/es.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/fr.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/it.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/pl.cp437.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/pl.lng
/usr/share/dosbox-staging/translations/ru.lng
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/dosbox-staging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/dosbox-staging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/dosbox-staging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/dosbox-staging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/dosbox-staging.svg
/usr/share/licenses/dosbox-staging
/usr/share/licenses/dosbox-staging/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dosbox.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/dosbox-staging.metainfo.xml

References

dosbox-staging website

Summary

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