How To Install xoreos-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xoreos-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xoreos-tools
xoreos-tools is:
A collection of tools to help with the reverse-engineering of BioWare’s Aurora engine games.
xoreos-tools is part of the xoreos project (which is not yet part of Debian).
There are three methods to install xoreos-tools 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 xoreos-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xoreos-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xoreos-tools
Install xoreos-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xoreos-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xoreos-tools
Install xoreos-tools 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 xoreos-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xoreos-tools
How To Uninstall xoreos-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xoreos-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xoreos-tools
Uninstall xoreos-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xoreos-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xoreos-tools
Remove xoreos-tools Configurations and Data
To remove xoreos-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xoreos-tools
Remove xoreos-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xoreos-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xoreos-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xoreos-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
