How To Install fizmo-console on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fizmo-console on Ubuntu 18.04. fizmo-console is Console-based Z-machine interpreter for Infocom/Inform games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fizmo-console on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fizmo-console

fizmo-console is:

This is a bare-bones console-only frontend for the fizmo interpreter. Useful for automated Z-Machine processing or testing. For actual playing of Z-Machine games fizmo-ncursesw or fizmo-sdl2 might be more useful.

There are three methods to install fizmo-console 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 fizmo-console Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fizmo-console using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fizmo-console

Install fizmo-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fizmo-console using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fizmo-console

Install fizmo-console 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 fizmo-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fizmo-console

How To Uninstall fizmo-console on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fizmo-console package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fizmo-console

Uninstall fizmo-console And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fizmo-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fizmo-console

Remove fizmo-console Configurations and Data

To remove fizmo-console configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fizmo-console

Remove fizmo-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fizmo-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fizmo-console

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fizmo-console package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.