How To Install gnome-nibbles on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nibbles on Debian 9. gnome-nibbles is snake game, up to four players

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nibbles on Debian 9.

What is gnome-nibbles

gnome-nibbles is:

This is a GNOME port of the popular ??Snake?? game.

Nibbles is a game where the user controls a worm. The worm moves around the board, eating diamonds while avoiding the walls placed around it.

There are three methods to install gnome-nibbles on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-nibbles Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-nibbles using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-nibbles

Install gnome-nibbles Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-nibbles

Install gnome-nibbles 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 gnome-nibbles using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-nibbles

How To Uninstall gnome-nibbles on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gnome-nibbles package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-nibbles

Uninstall gnome-nibbles And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-nibbles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-nibbles

Remove gnome-nibbles Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-nibbles configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-nibbles

Remove gnome-nibbles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-nibbles

Dependencies

gnome-nibbles have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nibbles package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.