How To Install rgbds on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rgbds in Fedora 36. rgbds is A development package for the Game Boy, including an assembler

Introduction

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

What is rgbds

RGBDS (Rednex Game Boy Development System) is a free assembler/linker package for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. It consists of * rgbasm (assembler) * rgblink (linker) * rgbfix (checksum/header fixer) * rgbgfx (PNG‐to‐2bpp graphics converter)

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

Install rgbds 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 rgbds using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rgbds

Install rgbds 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 rgbds using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rgbds

How To Uninstall rgbds on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rgbds

rgbds Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rgbasm
/usr/bin/rgbfix
/usr/bin/rgbgfx
/usr/bin/rgblink
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/67fa8b2131f8d3e0644af95451c2de94d505a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/74f979649b0e846bde5fe906e6775518152520
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/f89b9473a654de63a45733f133f23c22a85967
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/5e037b08eb57d081fb02fe6b5aab1a24d10129
/usr/share/doc/rgbds
/usr/share/doc/rgbds/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds
/usr/share/licenses/rgbds/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbasm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbfix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgbgfx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rgblink.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbasm.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgbds.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rgblink.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/gbz80.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/rgbds.7.gz

References

Summary

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