How To Install tiled-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tiled-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. tiled-dbg is general purpose tile map editor (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tiled-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tiled-dbg

tiled-dbg is:

Tiled is a general purpose tile map editor. It’s built to be easy to use, yet capable of catering to a host of varying game engines, whether your game is an RPG, platformer or Breakout clone. Tiled supports plugins to read and write map formats, in addition to its map format, to support map formats in use by engines.

This package contains the debug symbols for tiled.

There are three methods to install tiled-dbg 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 tiled-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tiled-dbg

Install tiled-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tiled-dbg

Install tiled-dbg 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 tiled-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tiled-dbg

How To Uninstall tiled-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tiled-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tiled-dbg

Uninstall tiled-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tiled-dbg

Remove tiled-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove tiled-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tiled-dbg

Remove tiled-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tiled-dbg

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Summary

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