How To Install tintin++ on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tintin++ on Debian 9. tintin++ is classic text-based MUD client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tintin++ on Debian 9.

What is tintin++

tintin++ is:

Tintin++ is telnet client specialized to play MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons). It has scripting support, tab-completion, internal chat, and takes advantage of the GNU readline library.

You can find a complete set of commands and features in the Tintin++ manual, in /usr/share/doc/tintin++.

There are three methods to install tintin++ on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tintin++ Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tintin++

Install tintin++ Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tintin++

Install tintin++ 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tintin++ using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tintin++

How To Uninstall tintin++ on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tintin++ package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tintin++

Uninstall tintin++ And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tintin++ and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tintin++

Remove tintin++ Configurations and Data

To remove tintin++ configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tintin++

Remove tintin++ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tintin++

Dependencies

tintin++ have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tintin++ package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.