How To Install vavoom-hexen-demo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vavoom-hexen-demo in Fedora 36. vavoom-hexen-demo is Hexen demo installer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vavoom-hexen-demo on Fedora 36.

What is vavoom-hexen-demo

Hexen follow-up to Heretic. The Hexen engine is Open Source. The original Hexen datafiles however are not Open Source. There is a gratis, but not Open Source demo version available on the internet. This package contains an applications menu entry for playing Hexen demo using the vavoom engine. The first time you click this menu entry, it will offer to download and install the Hexen demo datafiles for you.

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

Install vavoom-hexen-demo 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 vavoom-hexen-demo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vavoom-hexen-demo

Install vavoom-hexen-demo 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 vavoom-hexen-demo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vavoom-hexen-demo

How To Uninstall vavoom-hexen-demo on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vavoom-hexen-demo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vavoom-hexen-demo

vavoom-hexen-demo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/appdata/hexen-demo.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/hexen-demo.desktop
/usr/share/vavoom/hexen.autodlrc

References

Summary

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