How To Install micropolis on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install micropolis on Debian 11. micropolis is real-time city management simulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install micropolis on Debian 11.

What is micropolis

micropolis is:

This game simulates building and managing a whole city. The goal of the game is to build and design a city. The player can mark land as being zoned as commercial, industrial, or residential, add buildings, change the tax rate, build a power grid, build transportation systems and many other actions, in order to enhance the city.

Micropolis is the GPL-licensed version of SimCity.

There are three methods to install micropolis 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 micropolis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install micropolis

Install micropolis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install micropolis

Install micropolis 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 micropolis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install micropolis

How To Uninstall micropolis on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove micropolis

Uninstall micropolis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall micropolis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove micropolis

Remove micropolis Configurations and Data

To remove micropolis configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge micropolis

Remove micropolis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge micropolis

Dependencies

micropolis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install micropolis package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.