How To Install instead-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install instead-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is instead-data
instead-data is:
INSTEAD – INterpreter of Simple TExt ADventure. Using INSTEAD you can create and play games that could be classified as a mix of visual novel and text quest.
Features:
- Simple story source code (Lua-based script)
- GUI interface that supports music and pictures
- Theme support
- Portability (INSTEAD depends on SDL and Lua)
This package contains language files, graphical themes, STEAD scripts and tutorial.
There are three methods to install instead-data 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 instead-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install instead-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install instead-data
Install instead-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install instead-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install instead-data
Install instead-data 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 instead-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install instead-data
How To Uninstall instead-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the instead-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove instead-data
Uninstall instead-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall instead-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove instead-data
Remove instead-data Configurations and Data
To remove instead-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge instead-data
Remove instead-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove instead-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge instead-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install instead-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
