How To Install nethack-lisp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-lisp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nethack-lisp
nethack-lisp is:
NetHack is a wonderfully silly, yet quite addictive, Dungeons & Dragons-style adventure game. You play a character from one of many classes (such as wizard, ranger, or tourist), fighting your way down to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor (try saying THAT one backwards!) for your god. On the way, you might encounter a quantum mechanic or two, or perhaps King Arthur, or - if you’re REALLY lucky - the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
You should install a front-end for NetHack if you wish to play the game. Each of them includes the original non-graphical version, and they can all be installed at the same time:
- nethack-console: no graphics, just plain NetHack;
- nethack-x11 : original X11/Athena-based graphical version;
- nethack-lisp : Lisp window version.
This package provides the version required for playing NetHack via Lisp, for instance under Emacs (which requires nethack-el).
There are three methods to install nethack-lisp 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 nethack-lisp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nethack-lisp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nethack-lisp
Install nethack-lisp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nethack-lisp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nethack-lisp
Install nethack-lisp 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 nethack-lisp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nethack-lisp
How To Uninstall nethack-lisp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nethack-lisp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nethack-lisp
Uninstall nethack-lisp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nethack-lisp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nethack-lisp
Remove nethack-lisp Configurations and Data
To remove nethack-lisp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nethack-lisp
Remove nethack-lisp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nethack-lisp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nethack-lisp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-lisp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
