How To Install bsdgames on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdgames
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdgames
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.