How To Install nethack-x11 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-x11 on Debian 11.
What is nethack-x11
nethack-x11 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-qt : Qt version.
This package provides the text and X11/Athena-based graphical versions of NetHack.
There are three methods to install nethack-x11 on Debian 11. 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-x11 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-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nethack-x11
Install nethack-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nethack-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nethack-x11
Install nethack-x11 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 nethack-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nethack-x11
How To Uninstall nethack-x11 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nethack-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nethack-x11
Uninstall nethack-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nethack-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nethack-x11
Remove nethack-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove nethack-x11 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nethack-x11
Remove nethack-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nethack-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nethack-x11
Dependencies
nethack-x11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-x11 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.