How To Install criticalmass on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass on Debian 11.
What is criticalmass
criticalmass is:
criticalmass, aka critter, is a shoot-’em-up in the style of Galaxian with very colorful and smooth graphics (provided that you have 3d acceleration)
Note: criticalmass uses OpenGL, and will probably not run well if you do not have a 3d accelerator which is supported by X.
There are three methods to install criticalmass on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install criticalmass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install criticalmass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install criticalmass
Install criticalmass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install criticalmass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install criticalmass
Install criticalmass 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 criticalmass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install criticalmass
How To Uninstall criticalmass on Debian 11
To uninstall only the criticalmass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove criticalmass
Uninstall criticalmass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall criticalmass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove criticalmass
Remove criticalmass Configurations and Data
To remove criticalmass configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge criticalmass
Remove criticalmass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove criticalmass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge criticalmass
Dependencies
criticalmass have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.