How To Install inform6-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform6-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is inform6-compiler
inform6-compiler is:
Inform 6 is an object-oriented language for writing interactive fiction, also known as “text adventures” or “adventure games”.
As an interactive fiction developer, you create Inform 6 source code defining the story. Then compile from source code to a “story file”. The resulting story files are highly portable, with interpreters available for many different platforms.
The Inform 6 compiler can produce a story file in these formats:
- Z-code, executed by implementations of the Infocom Z-machine.
- Glulx, a modern platform for interactive fiction.
This package installs:
- The Inform 6 compiler program, ‘inform6’.
There are three methods to install inform6-compiler 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 inform6-compiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inform6-compiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inform6-compiler
Install inform6-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inform6-compiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inform6-compiler
Install inform6-compiler 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 inform6-compiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inform6-compiler
How To Uninstall inform6-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the inform6-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inform6-compiler
Uninstall inform6-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inform6-compiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform6-compiler
Remove inform6-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove inform6-compiler configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inform6-compiler
Remove inform6-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inform6-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform6-compiler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform6-compiler package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
