How To Install games-c++-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-c++-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is games-c++-dev
games-c++-dev is:
This metapackage will install a selection of suitable tools and packages to develop games in the C/C++ and D programming languages. Example games written in C/C++ and D are suggested.
There are three methods to install games-c++-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install games-c++-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install games-c++-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-c++-dev
Install games-c++-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-c++-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-c++-dev
Install games-c++-dev 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 games-c++-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-c++-dev
How To Uninstall games-c++-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the games-c++-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-c++-dev
Uninstall games-c++-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-c++-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-c++-dev
Remove games-c++-dev Configurations and Data
To remove games-c++-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-c++-dev
Remove games-c++-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-c++-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-c++-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-c++-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.