How To Install frotz on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install frotz on Debian 9. frotz is interpreter of Z-code story-files

Introduction

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

What is frotz

frotz is:

Frotz interprets Z-code story-files, which are usually text adventure games (although a few arcade-style Z-code games have been written). Examples of such story files include the adventure games published by Infocom, as well as any games produced by compilers to this format, such as Inform. You can find a number of Inform-compiled games up for anonymous FTP at ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/ or HTTP at http://www.ifarchive.org/

Frotz complies with the Z Machine specification version 1.0.

There are three methods to install frotz 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 frotz Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install frotz

Install frotz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install frotz

Install frotz 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 frotz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install frotz

How To Uninstall frotz on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove frotz

Uninstall frotz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove frotz

Remove frotz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge frotz

Remove frotz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge frotz

Dependencies

frotz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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