How To Install heroes on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heroes on Debian 12.
What is heroes
heroes is:
Heroes is similar to the “Tron” and “Nibbles” games of yore, but includes many graphical improvements and new game features. In it, you must maneuver a small vehicle around a world and collect powerups while avoiding obstacles, your opponents’ trails, and even your own trail.
Several styles of play are available, including “get-all-the-bonuses”, deathmatch, and “squish-the-pedestrians”. All game styles can be played in both single-player and two-player (split-screen) modes.
You should install the heroes-sound-effects package if you want sound effects, and the heroes-sound-tracks package if you want background music in the game.
There are three methods to install heroes on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install heroes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heroes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heroes
Install heroes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heroes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heroes
Install heroes 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 heroes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heroes
How To Uninstall heroes on Debian 12
To uninstall only the heroes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heroes
Uninstall heroes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heroes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heroes
Remove heroes Configurations and Data
To remove heroes configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heroes
Remove heroes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heroes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heroes
Dependencies
heroes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heroes package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.