How To Install flare-game on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install flare-game on Ubuntu 20.04. flare-game is fantasy single-player 2D action role-playing game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flare-game on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is flare-game

flare-game is:

Flare (Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine) is a simple game engine built to handle a very specific kind of game: single-player 2D action RPGs. Flare is not a reimplementation of an existing game or engine. It is a tribute to and exploration of the action RPG genre.

Rather than building a very abstract, robust game engine, the goal of this project is to build several real games and harvest an engine from the common, reusable code. This first game, in progress, is a fantasy dungeon crawl.

There are three methods to install flare-game on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install flare-game Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flare-game

Install flare-game Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flare-game

Install flare-game 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install flare-game

How To Uninstall flare-game on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the flare-game package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flare-game

Uninstall flare-game And Its Dependencies

To uninstall flare-game and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flare-game

Remove flare-game Configurations and Data

To remove flare-game configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flare-game

Remove flare-game configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flare-game

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flare-game package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.