How To Install freesweep on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freesweep
on Debian 11.
What is freesweep
freesweep is:
Freesweep is an implementation of the popular minesweeper game, where one tries to find all the mines without igniting any, based on hints given by the computer. Unlike most implementations of this game, Freesweep works in any visual text display - in Linux console, in an xterm, and in most text-based terminals currently in use.
There are three methods to install freesweep
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freesweep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freesweep
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freesweep
Install freesweep Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freesweep
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freesweep
Install freesweep 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 freesweep
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freesweep
How To Uninstall freesweep on Debian 11
To uninstall only the freesweep
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freesweep
Uninstall freesweep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freesweep
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freesweep
Remove freesweep Configurations and Data
To remove freesweep
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freesweep
Remove freesweep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freesweep
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freesweep
Dependencies
freesweep have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freesweep
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.