How To Install bzflag on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bzflag on Debian 12.
What is bzflag
bzflag is:
BZFlag is a 3D multi-player multiplatform tank battle game that allows users to play against each other in a network environment. There are five teams: red, green, blue, purple and rogue (rogue tanks are black). Destroying a player on another team scores a win, while being destroyed or destroying a teammate scores a loss. Rogues have no teammates (not even other rogues), so they cannot shoot teammates and they do not have a team score.
There are two main styles of play: capture-the-flag and free-for-all. In capture-the-flag, each team (except rogues) has a team base and each team with at least one player has a team flag. The object is to capture an enemy team’s flag by bringing it to your team’s base. This destroys every player on the captured team, subtracts one from that team’s score, and adds one to your team’s score. In free-for-all, there are no team flags or team bases. The object is simply to get as high a score as possible.
This metapackage installs both the client and the server, as well as generic documentation files concerning the bzflag community, contributing to bzflag, etc.
There are three methods to install bzflag on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bzflag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bzflag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bzflag
Install bzflag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bzflag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bzflag
Install bzflag 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 bzflag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bzflag
How To Uninstall bzflag on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bzflag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bzflag
Uninstall bzflag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bzflag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzflag
Remove bzflag Configurations and Data
To remove bzflag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bzflag
Remove bzflag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bzflag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzflag
Dependencies
bzflag have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bzflag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.