How To Install infon-viewer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install infon-viewer on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install infon-viewer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
