How To Install games-platform on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-platform on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is games-platform
games-platform is:
This metapackage will install platform games.
There are three methods to install games-platform 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 games-platform 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-platform using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-platform
Install games-platform Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-platform using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-platform
Install games-platform 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-platform using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-platform
How To Uninstall games-platform on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the games-platform package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-platform
Uninstall games-platform And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-platform and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-platform
Remove games-platform Configurations and Data
To remove games-platform configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-platform
Remove games-platform configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-platform configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-platform
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-platform package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
