How To Install gnujump-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnujump-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnujump-data
gnujump-data is:
The goal in this game is to jump to the next floor so you don’t fall down. As you go higher in the falling tower the floors will fall faster. Try to survive longer than anyone, or, in single player mode, try to get as high as you can.
At the moment, the game is called sdljump (and it will appear as such in the menu), but the package name has changed following an upstream rename. The new version of the game will be called gnujump as well.
The game is a clone of xjump, and provides all its features, plus some more:
- Multiplayer mode (up to four players, not networked)
- Smooth graphics possible (but xjump style as well)
- Different themes are available
- Can use OpenGL for rendering
- Music and sound effects
- Recording (and replaying) of games
This package provides the data files for the game.
There are three methods to install gnujump-data 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 gnujump-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnujump-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnujump-data
Install gnujump-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnujump-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnujump-data
Install gnujump-data 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 gnujump-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnujump-data
How To Uninstall gnujump-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnujump-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnujump-data
Uninstall gnujump-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnujump-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnujump-data
Remove gnujump-data Configurations and Data
To remove gnujump-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnujump-data
Remove gnujump-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnujump-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnujump-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnujump-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
