How To Install opengl-games-utils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-games-utils in Fedora 36. opengl-games-utils is Utilities to check proper 3d support before launching 3d games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-games-utils on Fedora 36.

What is opengl-games-utils

This package contains various shell scripts which are intented for use by 3D games packages. These shell scripts can be used to check if direct rendering is available before launching an OpenGL game. This package is intended for use by other packages and is not intended for direct end user use!

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

Install opengl-games-utils 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 opengl-games-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opengl-games-utils

Install opengl-games-utils 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 opengl-games-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opengl-games-utils

How To Uninstall opengl-games-utils on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the opengl-games-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opengl-games-utils

opengl-games-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/opengl-game-wrapper.sh
/usr/share/doc/opengl-games-utils
/usr/share/doc/opengl-games-utils/README
/usr/share/opengl-games-utils
/usr/share/opengl-games-utils/opengl-game-functions.sh

References

Summary

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