How To Install freeciv-client-extras on Debian 10

Learn how to install freeciv-client-extras on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freeciv-client-extras is Civilization turn based strategy game (miscellaneous extras)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-extras on Debian 10.

What is freeciv-client-extras

freeciv-client-extras is:

Freeciv is a free clone of the turn based strategy game Civilization. In this game, each player becomes leader of a civilisation, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal: the extinction of all other civilisations.

This package includes Freeciv’s modpack tool freeciv-mp-gtk3. It allows you to select and download custom rulesets and tilesets for the game.

There are three methods to install freeciv-client-extras on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freeciv-client-extras Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freeciv-client-extras

Install freeciv-client-extras Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeciv-client-extras using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeciv-client-extras

Install freeciv-client-extras 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 freeciv-client-extras using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeciv-client-extras

How To Uninstall freeciv-client-extras on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove freeciv-client-extras

Uninstall freeciv-client-extras And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeciv-client-extras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeciv-client-extras

Remove freeciv-client-extras Configurations and Data

To remove freeciv-client-extras configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeciv-client-extras

Remove freeciv-client-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeciv-client-extras configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeciv-client-extras

Dependencies

freeciv-client-extras have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-extras package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.