How To Install gnome-nibbles on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nibbles on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nibbles package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
