How To Install freeciv-client-gtk3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-gtk3
on Debian 12.
What is freeciv-client-gtk3
freeciv-client-gtk3 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 is the GTK 3 version of Freeciv. It is the most sophisticated and recommended client to play the game.
There are three methods to install freeciv-client-gtk3
on Debian 12. 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-gtk3 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-gtk3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeciv-client-gtk3
Install freeciv-client-gtk3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeciv-client-gtk3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeciv-client-gtk3
Install freeciv-client-gtk3 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-gtk3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeciv-client-gtk3
How To Uninstall freeciv-client-gtk3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freeciv-client-gtk3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeciv-client-gtk3
Uninstall freeciv-client-gtk3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeciv-client-gtk3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeciv-client-gtk3
Remove freeciv-client-gtk3 Configurations and Data
To remove freeciv-client-gtk3
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeciv-client-gtk3
Remove freeciv-client-gtk3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeciv-client-gtk3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeciv-client-gtk3
Dependencies
freeciv-client-gtk3 have the following dependencies:
- freeciv-data
- libbz2-1.0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libicu72
- liblua5.3-0
- liblzma5
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-gtk3
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.