How To Install chroma-curses on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chroma-curses on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is chroma-curses
chroma-curses is:
Chroma is an abstract puzzle game. A variety of colourful shapes are arranged in a series of increasingly complex patterns, forming fiendish traps that must be disarmed and mysterious puzzles that must be manipulated in order to give up their subtle secrets. Initially so straightforward that anyone can pick it up and begin to play, yet gradually becoming difficult enough to tax even the brightest of minds. Have you got what it takes to solve Chroma?
A graphical version of this game is available in the ‘chroma’ package.
There are three methods to install chroma-curses on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chroma-curses Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chroma-curses using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chroma-curses
Install chroma-curses Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chroma-curses using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chroma-curses
Install chroma-curses 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 chroma-curses using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chroma-curses
How To Uninstall chroma-curses on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the chroma-curses package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chroma-curses
Uninstall chroma-curses And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chroma-curses and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chroma-curses
Remove chroma-curses Configurations and Data
To remove chroma-curses configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chroma-curses
Remove chroma-curses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chroma-curses configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chroma-curses
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chroma-curses package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
