How To Install flightgear-phi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install flightgear-phi on Debian 9. flightgear-phi is FlightGear Flight Simulator – Phi webfrontend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flightgear-phi on Debian 9.

What is flightgear-phi

flightgear-phi is:

FlightGear is a free and highly sophisticated flight simulator.

This package contains the Phi webfrontend.

This package does not contain the flight simulator itself. If you want to fly, install the flightgear package.

There are three methods to install flightgear-phi 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 flightgear-phi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flightgear-phi

Install flightgear-phi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flightgear-phi

Install flightgear-phi 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 flightgear-phi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flightgear-phi

How To Uninstall flightgear-phi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the flightgear-phi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flightgear-phi

Uninstall flightgear-phi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flightgear-phi

Remove flightgear-phi Configurations and Data

To remove flightgear-phi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flightgear-phi

Remove flightgear-phi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flightgear-phi

Dependencies

flightgear-phi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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