How To Install holdingnuts-server on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install holdingnuts-server on Ubuntu 18.04. holdingnuts-server is poker server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install holdingnuts-server on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is holdingnuts-server

holdingnuts-server is:

HoldingNuts is an open source multi-platform poker client and server. You can play the popular Texas Hold’em variant with people all over the world, meet your friends, run your own games and even setup your own poker network.

This package provides the server.

There are three methods to install holdingnuts-server on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install holdingnuts-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install holdingnuts-server

Install holdingnuts-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install holdingnuts-server

Install holdingnuts-server 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 holdingnuts-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install holdingnuts-server

How To Uninstall holdingnuts-server on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the holdingnuts-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove holdingnuts-server

Uninstall holdingnuts-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall holdingnuts-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove holdingnuts-server

Remove holdingnuts-server Configurations and Data

To remove holdingnuts-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge holdingnuts-server

Remove holdingnuts-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge holdingnuts-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install holdingnuts-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.