How To Install inform6-library on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform6-library
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is inform6-library
inform6-library 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.
This package installs:
- The Inform 6 standard library.
There are three methods to install inform6-library
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-library 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-library
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inform6-library
Install inform6-library Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inform6-library
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inform6-library
Install inform6-library 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-library
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inform6-library
How To Uninstall inform6-library on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the inform6-library
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inform6-library
Uninstall inform6-library And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inform6-library
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform6-library
Remove inform6-library Configurations and Data
To remove inform6-library
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inform6-library
Remove inform6-library configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inform6-library
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform6-library
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform6-library
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.