How To Install freeciv on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv on CentOS 7. freeciv is A multi-player strategy game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv on CentOS 7.

What is freeciv

Freeciv is a turn-based, multi-player, X based strategy game. Freeciv is generally comparable to, and has compatible rules with, the Civilization II(R) game by Microprose(R). In Freeciv, each player is the leader of a civilization, and is competing with the other players in order to become the leader of the greatest civilization.

We can use yum or dnf to install freeciv on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeciv.

Install freeciv on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install freeciv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeciv

Install freeciv on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install freeciv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeciv

How To Uninstall freeciv on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove freeciv

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.