How To Install airstrike-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install airstrike-common on Ubuntu 22.04. airstrike-common is 2d dogfight game - data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install airstrike-common on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is airstrike-common

airstrike-common is:

Airstrike is a 2d dogfight game in the tradition of the Intellivision and Amiga games ‘Biplanes’ and ‘BIP’. It features a robust physics engine and several other extensions of the original games. It is currently 0-2 player only, but will hopefully have network play and some more advanced computer controlled enemies in the future. The graphics have been created using the Povray raytracer, and should be easy to extend and modify.

This package contains the architecture-independent data files.

There are three methods to install airstrike-common on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install airstrike-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install airstrike-common

Install airstrike-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install airstrike-common

Install airstrike-common 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 airstrike-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install airstrike-common

How To Uninstall airstrike-common on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the airstrike-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove airstrike-common

Uninstall airstrike-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall airstrike-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove airstrike-common

Remove airstrike-common Configurations and Data

To remove airstrike-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge airstrike-common

Remove airstrike-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge airstrike-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install airstrike-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.