How To Install hexglass on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexglass in Fedora 36. hexglass is Block falling puzzle game based on a hexagonal grid

Introduction

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

What is hexglass

HexGlass is a Tetris-like puzzle game. Ten different types of blocks continuously fall from above and you must arrange them to make horizontal rows of hexagonal bricks. Completing any row causes those hexagonal blocks to disappear and the rest above move downwards. The blocks above gradually fall faster and the game is over when the screen fills up and blocks can no longer fall from the top.

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

Install hexglass 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 hexglass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hexglass

Install hexglass 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 hexglass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hexglass

How To Uninstall hexglass on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hexglass

hexglass Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/hexglass
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/2c6dafe197b604bcca1334c39de8e437194a01
/usr/share/appdata/hexglass.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/hexglass.desktop
/usr/share/doc/hexglass
/usr/share/doc/hexglass/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/hexglass/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hexglass/README
/usr/share/hexglass
/usr/share/hexglass/translations
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_be.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_ca.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_cs.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_el.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_es.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_fr.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_ru.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_uk.qm
/usr/share/hexglass/translations/hexglass_zh.qm
/usr/share/pixmaps/hexglass.xpm

References

Summary

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