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