How To Install gtetrinet on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtetrinet on Debian 9.

What is gtetrinet

gtetrinet is:

GTetrinet is a clone of Tetrinet, a multiplayer tetris variant for Windows. It is compatible with the original tetrinet, although you need a separate program, such as tetrinetx, to be able to create your own games.

There are three methods to install gtetrinet 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 gtetrinet Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtetrinet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtetrinet

Install gtetrinet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtetrinet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtetrinet

Install gtetrinet 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 gtetrinet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtetrinet

How To Uninstall gtetrinet on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gtetrinet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtetrinet

Uninstall gtetrinet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtetrinet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtetrinet

Remove gtetrinet Configurations and Data

To remove gtetrinet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtetrinet

Remove gtetrinet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtetrinet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtetrinet

Dependencies

gtetrinet have the following dependencies:

• gconf2
• gconf-service
• libc6
• libgconf-2-4
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnome-2-0
• libgnomeui-0
• libgtk2.0-0

References

• gtetrinet website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtetrinet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.