How To Install criticalmass on Debian 10

Learn how to install criticalmass on Debian 10 with this tutorial. criticalmass is Shoot-em-up a la galaxian

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass on Debian 10.

What is criticalmass

criticalmass is:

criticalmass, aka critter, is a shoot-’em-up in the style of Galaxian with very colorful and smooth graphics (provided that you have 3d acceleration)

Note: criticalmass uses OpenGL, and will probably not run well if you do not have a 3d accelerator which is supported by X.

There are three methods to install criticalmass on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install criticalmass Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install criticalmass

Install criticalmass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install criticalmass

Install criticalmass 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 criticalmass using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install criticalmass

How To Uninstall criticalmass on Debian 10

To uninstall only the criticalmass package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove criticalmass

Uninstall criticalmass And Its Dependencies

To uninstall criticalmass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove criticalmass

Remove criticalmass Configurations and Data

To remove criticalmass configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge criticalmass

Remove criticalmass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge criticalmass

Dependencies

criticalmass have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.