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