How To Install flightgear-data-all on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install flightgear-data-all on Ubuntu 18.04. flightgear-data-all is FlightGear Flight Simulator - virtual package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flightgear-data-all on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is flightgear-data-all

flightgear-data-all is:

FlightGear is a free and highly sophisticated flight simulator.

This is a dependency package linking all data packages for FlightGear.

There are three methods to install flightgear-data-all 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 flightgear-data-all Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install flightgear-data-all using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install flightgear-data-all

Install flightgear-data-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install flightgear-data-all using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flightgear-data-all

Install flightgear-data-all 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 flightgear-data-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flightgear-data-all

How To Uninstall flightgear-data-all on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the flightgear-data-all package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flightgear-data-all

Uninstall flightgear-data-all And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flightgear-data-all

Remove flightgear-data-all Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flightgear-data-all

Remove flightgear-data-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flightgear-data-all

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Summary

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