How To Install infon-viewer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install infon-viewer on Debian 9.
What is infon-viewer
infon-viewer is:
Infon is a game which simulates the live of simple bugs who eat, propagate, eat each other and evolve. The players can not control the bugs directly but write their ??intelligence?? in the simple script language lua and upload it to the game using a plain telnet connection. The code can then be modified even while the game is running.
This package contains the graphical client to view the game in progress. To host a game, see the infon-server package.
There are three methods to install infon-viewer 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 infon-viewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install infon-viewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install infon-viewer
Install infon-viewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install infon-viewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install infon-viewer
Install infon-viewer 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 infon-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install infon-viewer
How To Uninstall infon-viewer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the infon-viewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove infon-viewer
Uninstall infon-viewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall infon-viewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove infon-viewer
Remove infon-viewer Configurations and Data
To remove infon-viewer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge infon-viewer
Remove infon-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove infon-viewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge infon-viewer
Dependencies
infon-viewer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install infon-viewer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
