How To Install bsdgames on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdgames on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bsdgames
bsdgames is:
This is a collection of some of the text-based games and amusements that have been enjoyed for decades on unix systems.
It includes these programs: adventure, arithmetic, atc, backgammon, battlestar, bcd, boggle, caesar, canfield, countmail, cribbage, dab, go-fish, gomoku, hack, hangman, hunt, mille, monop, morse, number, pig, phantasia, pom, ppt, primes, quiz, random, rain, robots, rot13, sail, snake, tetris, trek, wargames, worm, worms, wump, wtf
There are three methods to install bsdgames on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bsdgames Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdgames using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsdgames
Install bsdgames Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsdgames using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsdgames
Install bsdgames 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 bsdgames using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsdgames
How To Uninstall bsdgames on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bsdgames package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsdgames
Uninstall bsdgames And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsdgames and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdgames
Remove bsdgames Configurations and Data
To remove bsdgames configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsdgames
Remove bsdgames configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsdgames configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdgames
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdgames package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.