How To Install vectoroids on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vectoroids
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vectoroids
vectoroids is:
“Vectoroids” is a vector-based rock-shooting game similar to the arcade classic “Asteroids.” Pilot a spaceship and destroy asteroids by shooting them into smaller and smaller pieces while trying to avoid being smashed or shot by UFOs.
“Vectoroids” is an SDL game based on the source for “Agendaroids,” an X-Window game written for the Agenda VR3 Linux-based PDA written by the same author.
There are three methods to install vectoroids
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vectoroids Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vectoroids
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vectoroids
Install vectoroids Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vectoroids
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vectoroids
Install vectoroids 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 vectoroids
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vectoroids
How To Uninstall vectoroids on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vectoroids
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vectoroids
Uninstall vectoroids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vectoroids
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vectoroids
Remove vectoroids Configurations and Data
To remove vectoroids
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vectoroids
Remove vectoroids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vectoroids
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vectoroids
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vectoroids
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.