How To Install biloba on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install biloba on Debian 9. biloba is turn based strategy board game for up to 4 players

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install biloba on Debian 9.

What is biloba

biloba is:

Biloba is an abstract strategy board game for 1 to 4 players. At each turn the player moves pawns on an octagonal shaped board (but squared cells) trying to remove opponent’s pawns from it.

Biloba includes an AI opponent for single player mode, and supports local or network play for 2 or more (up to 4) players.

There are three methods to install biloba on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install biloba Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install biloba using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install biloba

Install biloba Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install biloba using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install biloba

Install biloba Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install biloba using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install biloba

How To Uninstall biloba on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove biloba

Uninstall biloba And Its Dependencies

To uninstall biloba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove biloba

Remove biloba Configurations and Data

To remove biloba configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge biloba

Remove biloba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove biloba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biloba

Dependencies

biloba have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install biloba package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.