How To Install glhack on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glhack on Debian 10.
What is glhack
glhack is:
glHack is a port of the game NetHack, using hardware acceleration via OpenGL(R) to render the 2D tile graphics. It uses LibSDL as the video and input library. There is good support for software rendering (without OpenGL) as well.
glHack is just one of the many NetHack front-ends. Others include the original text-terminal (TTY) version, one for the X Window System, and one for GNOME called GnomeHack.
See the official NetHack website for complete information about the actual game.
There are three methods to install glhack on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glhack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glhack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glhack
Install glhack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glhack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glhack
Install glhack 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 glhack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glhack
How To Uninstall glhack on Debian 10
To uninstall only the glhack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glhack
Uninstall glhack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glhack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glhack
Remove glhack Configurations and Data
To remove glhack configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glhack
Remove glhack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glhack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glhack
Dependencies
glhack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glhack package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.