How To Install brandy on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install brandy on Ubuntu 20.04. brandy is BBC BASIC V interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brandy on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is brandy

brandy is:

Brandy is an interpreter for BBC Basic. It is source code compatible with the BASIC V interpreter in RISC OS and runs under a number of different operating systems.

Note that it is not possible to make operating system calls from within a program except under RISC OS.

There are three methods to install brandy on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install brandy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brandy

Install brandy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brandy

Install brandy 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 brandy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brandy

How To Uninstall brandy on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove brandy

Uninstall brandy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brandy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brandy

Remove brandy Configurations and Data

To remove brandy configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brandy

Remove brandy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brandy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brandy package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.