How To Install gnome-games on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-games on Debian 9.
What is gnome-games
gnome-games is:
These are the games from the official GNOME release. They have the look and feel of the GNOME desktop, but can be used without it.
Games are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.
There are three methods to install gnome-games 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 gnome-games Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-games using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-games
Install gnome-games Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-games using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-games
Install gnome-games 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 gnome-games using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-games
How To Uninstall gnome-games on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-games package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-games
Uninstall gnome-games And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-games and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-games
Remove gnome-games Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-games configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-games
Remove gnome-games configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-games configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-games
Dependencies
gnome-games have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-games package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
