How To Install lgeneral on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lgeneral on Debian 9.
What is lgeneral
lgeneral is:
LGeneral is a turn-based strategy game heavily inspired by Panzer General. You play single scenarios or whole campaigns turn by turn against a human player or the AI.
Entrenchment, rugged defense, defensive fire, surprise contacts, surrender, unit supply, weather influence, reinforcements and other implementations contribute to the tactical and strategic depth of the game.
This is the game engine only. LGeneral requires lgeneral-data or lgc-pg, which converts the game data of the original Panzer General game, to function properly.
There are three methods to install lgeneral on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lgeneral Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lgeneral using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lgeneral
Install lgeneral Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lgeneral using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lgeneral
Install lgeneral 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 lgeneral using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lgeneral
How To Uninstall lgeneral on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lgeneral package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lgeneral
Uninstall lgeneral And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lgeneral and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lgeneral
Remove lgeneral Configurations and Data
To remove lgeneral configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lgeneral
Remove lgeneral configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lgeneral configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lgeneral
Dependencies
lgeneral have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lgeneral package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.