How To Install freeciv-client-gtk on Debian 12

Learn how to install freeciv-client-gtk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. freeciv-client-gtk is Civilization turn based strategy game (GTK 2 client transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-gtk on Debian 12.

What is freeciv-client-gtk

freeciv-client-gtk is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

As the GTK2 Freeciv client has been removed, this package will pull in the default Freeciv client.

There are three methods to install freeciv-client-gtk on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freeciv-client-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install freeciv-client-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeciv-client-gtk

Install freeciv-client-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeciv-client-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeciv-client-gtk

Install freeciv-client-gtk 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 freeciv-client-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeciv-client-gtk

How To Uninstall freeciv-client-gtk on Debian 12

To uninstall only the freeciv-client-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeciv-client-gtk

Uninstall freeciv-client-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeciv-client-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeciv-client-gtk

Remove freeciv-client-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove freeciv-client-gtk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeciv-client-gtk

Remove freeciv-client-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeciv-client-gtk

Dependencies

freeciv-client-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeciv-client-gtk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.