How To Install games-finest-light on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-finest-light on Debian 9.
What is games-finest-light
games-finest-light is:
This metapackage will install a selection of outstanding Debian games that are suitable for low-end computers without hardware accelerated video cards. This package is also a subset of ?games-finest?.
It represents almost all genres and styles. The games were chosen based on multiple factors namely popularity (popcon value), unique gameplay, look and feel, aesthetics, fun factor and a good portion of subjectivity.
Please be prepared that the installation of all games might take a while but it should take considerably less time than installing ?games-finest?.
There are three methods to install games-finest-light 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 games-finest-light 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-finest-light using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-finest-light
Install games-finest-light Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-finest-light using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-finest-light
Install games-finest-light 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 games-finest-light using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-finest-light
How To Uninstall games-finest-light on Debian 9
To uninstall only the games-finest-light package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-finest-light
Uninstall games-finest-light And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-finest-light and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-finest-light
Remove games-finest-light Configurations and Data
To remove games-finest-light configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-finest-light
Remove games-finest-light configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-finest-light configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-finest-light
Dependencies
games-finest-light have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-finest-light package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
