How To Install games-console on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-console on Debian 12.
What is games-console
games-console is:
This metapackage will install text console games designed to be used via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal.
There are three methods to install games-console 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 games-console 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-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-console
Install games-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-console
Install games-console 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 games-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-console
How To Uninstall games-console on Debian 12
To uninstall only the games-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-console
Uninstall games-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-console
Remove games-console Configurations and Data
To remove games-console configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-console
Remove games-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-console
Dependencies
games-console have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-console package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
