How To Install flare-engine on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flare-engine on Debian 11.
What is flare-engine
flare-engine is:
Flare (Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine) is a simple game engine built to handle a very specific kind of game: single-player 2D action RPGs. Flare is not a reimplementation of an existing game or engine. It is a tribute to and exploration of the action RPG genre.
Flare uses simple file formats (INI style config files) for most of the game data, allowing anyone to easily modify game contents. Open formats are preferred (png, ogg). The game code is C++.
This package contains the game engine and you will need a game package (such as flare or polymorph) to play.
There are three methods to install flare-engine 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 flare-engine 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-engine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flare-engine
Install flare-engine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flare-engine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flare-engine
Install flare-engine 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-engine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flare-engine
How To Uninstall flare-engine on Debian 11
To uninstall only the flare-engine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flare-engine
Uninstall flare-engine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flare-engine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flare-engine
Remove flare-engine Configurations and Data
To remove flare-engine configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flare-engine
Remove flare-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flare-engine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flare-engine
Dependencies
flare-engine have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-image-2.0-0
- libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0
- libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0
- libstdc++6
- fonts-liberation
- ttf-unifont
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flare-engine package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
