How To Install fltk1.1-games on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk1.1-games on Ubuntu 18.04. fltk1.1-games is Fast Light Toolkit - example games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk1.1-games on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fltk1.1-games

fltk1.1-games is:

This package contains the example games that accompany FLTK. Specifically, it contains the following two programs:

  • flblocks: clear groups of adjacent blocks before they fill the screen;
  • flcheckers: classic board game, also known as draughts;
  • flsudoku: Sudoku puzzle (place numbers in a grid).

The Fast Light Toolkit (FLTK) is a cross-platform graphical user interface toolkit originally based on libForms.

There are three methods to install fltk1.1-games 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 fltk1.1-games Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fltk1.1-games using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fltk1.1-games

Install fltk1.1-games Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fltk1.1-games using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fltk1.1-games

Install fltk1.1-games 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 fltk1.1-games using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fltk1.1-games

How To Uninstall fltk1.1-games on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fltk1.1-games package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fltk1.1-games

Uninstall fltk1.1-games And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fltk1.1-games and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fltk1.1-games

Remove fltk1.1-games Configurations and Data

To remove fltk1.1-games configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fltk1.1-games

Remove fltk1.1-games configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fltk1.1-games configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fltk1.1-games

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fltk1.1-games package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.