How To Install gnustep-games on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-games on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnustep-games
gnustep-games is:
These packages are a few games for GNUstep.
This is a metapackage that depends on (almost) all games designed for the GNUstep environment.
There are three methods to install gnustep-games 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 gnustep-games Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-games using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-games
Install gnustep-games Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-games using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnustep-games
Install gnustep-games 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 gnustep-games using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-games
How To Uninstall gnustep-games on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnustep-games package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnustep-games
Uninstall gnustep-games And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnustep-games and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-games
Remove gnustep-games Configurations and Data
To remove gnustep-games configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-games
Remove gnustep-games configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnustep-games configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-games
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-games package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
