How To Install bastet on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bastet on Debian 9. bastet is ncurses Tetris clone with a bastard algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bastet on Debian 9.

What is bastet

bastet is:

Bastet (“bastard Tetris”) is a free clone of Tetris which tries to compute how useful blocks are and gives you the worst possible brick. Playing bastet can be a painful experience, especially if you usually make “canyons” and wait for the long I-shaped block.

There are three methods to install bastet on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bastet Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bastet

Install bastet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bastet

Install bastet 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 bastet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bastet

How To Uninstall bastet on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove bastet

Uninstall bastet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bastet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bastet

Remove bastet Configurations and Data

To remove bastet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bastet

Remove bastet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bastet

Dependencies

bastet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bastet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.