How To Install games-rogue on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-rogue on Ubuntu 18.04. games-rogue is Debians roguelike games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-rogue on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is games-rogue

games-rogue is:

This metapackage will install dungeon crawling games in the spirit of Rogue.

There are three methods to install games-rogue 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-rogue 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-rogue using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install games-rogue

Install games-rogue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install games-rogue using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install games-rogue

Install games-rogue 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-rogue using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install games-rogue

How To Uninstall games-rogue on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the games-rogue package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove games-rogue

Uninstall games-rogue And Its Dependencies

To uninstall games-rogue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-rogue

Remove games-rogue Configurations and Data

To remove games-rogue configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge games-rogue

Remove games-rogue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove games-rogue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-rogue

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-rogue package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.