How To Install games-finest on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-finest
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is games-finest
games-finest is:
This metapackage will install a selection of outstanding Debian games representing almost all genres and styles. They were chosen based on multiple factors namely popularity (popcon value), unique gameplay, look and feel, aesthetics, fun factor and a good portion of subjectivity.
Please be prepared that the installation of all games might take a long time depending on your internet connection and hardware. Some games also require a hardware accelerated video card.
There are three methods to install games-finest
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-finest 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-finest
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-finest
Install games-finest Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-finest
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-finest
Install games-finest 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-finest
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-finest
How To Uninstall games-finest on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the games-finest
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-finest
Uninstall games-finest And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-finest
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-finest
Remove games-finest Configurations and Data
To remove games-finest
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-finest
Remove games-finest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-finest
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-finest
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-finest
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.