How To Install tuxpuck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxpuck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tuxpuck
tuxpuck is:
TuxPuck is an air hockey game and clone of the Amiga/Atari ST game Shufflepuck Café. The player moves a bat around a table and tries to knock the puck past the opponent’s defense. After either party has reached 15 points, the match is over.
There are three methods to install tuxpuck 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 tuxpuck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxpuck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tuxpuck
Install tuxpuck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxpuck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tuxpuck
Install tuxpuck 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 tuxpuck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tuxpuck
How To Uninstall tuxpuck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tuxpuck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tuxpuck
Uninstall tuxpuck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tuxpuck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxpuck
Remove tuxpuck Configurations and Data
To remove tuxpuck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tuxpuck
Remove tuxpuck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tuxpuck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxpuck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxpuck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
