How To Install acm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acm on Debian 10.
What is acm
acm is:
A multiplayer aerial combat simulation. Players engage in air to air combat against one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons.
Main features include:
- Simulation with 6 degrees of freedom.
- Structural limit to the vertical positive/negative load.
- Classic instruments, navigation and head-up display (HUD).
- Several aircraft models implemented, both civil and military.
- Two scenes provided, with many runways and radio stations.
acm runs under the X window system. This version of acm is implemented as a distributed simulation. It communicates information via the IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol.
There are three methods to install acm 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 acm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install acm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install acm
Install acm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install acm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install acm
Install acm 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 acm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install acm
How To Uninstall acm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the acm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove acm
Uninstall acm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall acm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove acm
Remove acm Configurations and Data
To remove acm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge acm
Remove acm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove acm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acm
Dependencies
acm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.