How To Install games-strategy on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is games-strategy

games-strategy is:

This metapackage will install strategy games.

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-strategy

Install games-strategy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-strategy

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

sudo aptitude -y install games-strategy

How To Uninstall games-strategy on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove games-strategy

Uninstall games-strategy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-strategy

Remove games-strategy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-strategy

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

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

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

References

Summary

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