How To Install gamescope on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamescope in Fedora 36. gamescope is Micro-compositor for video games on Wayland

Introduction

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

What is `gamescope`

gamescope is the micro-compositor optimized for running video games on Wayland.

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

Install gamescope 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 gamescope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gamescope

Install gamescope 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 gamescope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gamescope

How To Uninstall gamescope on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gamescope

gamescope Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gamescope
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/634104e76e4db84e0a8f038282a61d9706536c
/usr/share/doc/gamescope
/usr/share/doc/gamescope/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/gamescope
/usr/share/licenses/gamescope/LICENSE

References

gamescope website

Summary

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