How To Install magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is magictouch
magictouch is:
Very simple but challenging game: you only have two knobs to control the pen. turn the knobs left knob to make the pen go up and down, use the right one to make the pen go left and right. you already figured it out: complex figures need complex turning.
There are three methods to install magictouch 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 magictouch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install magictouch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install magictouch
Install magictouch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install magictouch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install magictouch
Install magictouch 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 magictouch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install magictouch
How To Uninstall magictouch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the magictouch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove magictouch
Uninstall magictouch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall magictouch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove magictouch
Remove magictouch Configurations and Data
To remove magictouch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge magictouch
Remove magictouch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove magictouch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magictouch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install magictouch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.