How To Install gnubik on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubik on Debian 11.
What is gnubik
gnubik is:
GNUbik is an interactive, graphical, single player puzzle. This free program renders an image of a cube, like that invented by Erno Rubik. You have to manipulate the cube using the mouse. When each face shows only one colour, the game is solved.
It uses Gtk+ and/or X11 and Mesa / OpenGL.
There are three methods to install gnubik on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnubik Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubik using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnubik
Install gnubik Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubik using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnubik
Install gnubik 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 gnubik using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnubik
How To Uninstall gnubik on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gnubik package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnubik
Uninstall gnubik And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnubik and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubik
Remove gnubik Configurations and Data
To remove gnubik configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnubik
Remove gnubik configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnubik configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnubik
Dependencies
gnubik have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubik package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.