How To Install openmw-launcher on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmw-launcher
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is openmw-launcher
openmw-launcher is:
A launcher for OpenMW for handling installation of games and their expansions, mods and configuration details.
While not necessary, it automates the first time setup and configuration of OpenMW.
There are three methods to install openmw-launcher
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openmw-launcher Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openmw-launcher
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openmw-launcher
Install openmw-launcher Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openmw-launcher
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openmw-launcher
Install openmw-launcher 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 openmw-launcher
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openmw-launcher
How To Uninstall openmw-launcher on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the openmw-launcher
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openmw-launcher
Uninstall openmw-launcher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openmw-launcher
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openmw-launcher
Remove openmw-launcher Configurations and Data
To remove openmw-launcher
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openmw-launcher
Remove openmw-launcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openmw-launcher
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openmw-launcher
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmw-launcher
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.