How To Install gnujump on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnujump on Debian 9.
What is gnujump
gnujump 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
There are three methods to install gnujump 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 gnujump 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnujump
Install gnujump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnujump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnujump
Install gnujump 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 gnujump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnujump
How To Uninstall gnujump on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnujump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnujump
Uninstall gnujump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnujump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnujump
Remove gnujump Configurations and Data
To remove gnujump configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnujump
Remove gnujump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnujump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnujump
Dependencies
gnujump have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnujump package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.