How To Install games-arcade on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-arcade on Ubuntu 20.04. games-arcade is Debians arcade games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-arcade on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is games-arcade

games-arcade is:

This metapackage will install arcade games.

There are three methods to install games-arcade 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 games-arcade Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-arcade

Install games-arcade Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-arcade

Install games-arcade 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 games-arcade using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install games-arcade

How To Uninstall games-arcade on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the games-arcade package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove games-arcade

Uninstall games-arcade And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-arcade

Remove games-arcade Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-arcade

Remove games-arcade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-arcade

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Summary

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