How To Install tads3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tads3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. tads3-dev is TADS version 3 development tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tads3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is tads3-dev

tads3-dev is:

TADS is the Text Adventure Development System, a set of tools for writing and playing text-based adventure games. You interface with these games by entering commands in English, and the game responds with a textual description of the result.

This package contains a compiler which produces machine-independent TADS version 3 game files, as well as the standard TADS 3 library. The input language is an object-oriented high-level language similar to C or C++.

There are three methods to install tads3-dev 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 tads3-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tads3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tads3-dev

Install tads3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tads3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tads3-dev

Install tads3-dev 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 tads3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tads3-dev

How To Uninstall tads3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the tads3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tads3-dev

Uninstall tads3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tads3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tads3-dev

Remove tads3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove tads3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tads3-dev

Remove tads3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tads3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tads3-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tads3-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.