How To Install flare on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flare on Debian 9.
What is flare
flare is:
This is a transitional metapackage to deal with package name changes of 0.19 (separation between engine and game data).
There are three methods to install flare on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flare Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flare using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flare
Install flare Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flare using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flare
Install flare 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 flare using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flare
How To Uninstall flare on Debian 9
To uninstall only the flare package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flare
Uninstall flare And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flare
Remove flare Configurations and Data
To remove flare configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flare
Remove flare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flare
Dependencies
flare have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flare package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.