How To Install minetest-mod-mobf on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install minetest-mod-mobf on Ubuntu 18.04. minetest-mod-mobf is Minetest mod providing a framework for creating mobs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install minetest-mod-mobf on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is minetest-mod-mobf

minetest-mod-mobf is:

Minetest modification pack constituting a complete framework to add mobs to the game.

Several predefined mobs are also provided, some of them being hostile (Vombies, Dungeon masters, Big Red, Boom bomb, Slime, Oerkki, Wolf) while others are friendly (Chicken, Sheep, Cow, Deer, Rat, Blue White Fish, Gull, Clownfish, Ostrich). You can sheer sheeps, milk cows, collect chicken eggs, tame wolves and ride oerkkis.

Finally, you can trade goods with the trader and even hire archers and guards to fight for you.

There are three methods to install minetest-mod-mobf 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 minetest-mod-mobf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minetest-mod-mobf

Install minetest-mod-mobf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install minetest-mod-mobf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install minetest-mod-mobf

Install minetest-mod-mobf 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 minetest-mod-mobf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minetest-mod-mobf

How To Uninstall minetest-mod-mobf on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the minetest-mod-mobf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove minetest-mod-mobf

Uninstall minetest-mod-mobf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minetest-mod-mobf

Remove minetest-mod-mobf Configurations and Data

To remove minetest-mod-mobf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge minetest-mod-mobf

Remove minetest-mod-mobf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove minetest-mod-mobf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minetest-mod-mobf

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Summary

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