How To Install magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04. magictouch is Retro game goes multitouch

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is magictouch

magictouch is:

Very simple but challenging game: you only have two knobs to control the pen. turn the knobs left knob to make the pen go up and down, use the right one to make the pen go left and right. you already figured it out: complex figures need complex turning.

There are three methods to install magictouch 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 magictouch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install magictouch

Install magictouch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install magictouch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install magictouch

Install magictouch 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 magictouch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install magictouch

How To Uninstall magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the magictouch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove magictouch

Uninstall magictouch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove magictouch

Remove magictouch Configurations and Data

To remove magictouch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge magictouch

Remove magictouch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magictouch

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Summary

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