How To Install gtkballs on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkballs on Debian 11.
What is gtkballs
gtkballs is:
The goal of this game is to make the highest score by matching a number of balls of the same color in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line. This is a clone of well-known DOS game “Lines”.
There are three methods to install gtkballs 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 gtkballs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtkballs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtkballs
Install gtkballs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtkballs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtkballs
Install gtkballs 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 gtkballs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtkballs
How To Uninstall gtkballs on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gtkballs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtkballs
Uninstall gtkballs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtkballs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkballs
Remove gtkballs Configurations and Data
To remove gtkballs configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtkballs
Remove gtkballs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtkballs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkballs
Dependencies
gtkballs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkballs package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.