How To Install nsnake on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsnake
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nsnake
nsnake is:
nsnake is a clone of the snake game found on old cellphones. It is played on the command-line with textual interface, thanks to ncurses.
Features high-scores, several game modes, a GUI-like interface and custom levels.
There are three methods to install nsnake
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 nsnake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsnake
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsnake
Install nsnake Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsnake
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsnake
Install nsnake 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 nsnake
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsnake
How To Uninstall nsnake on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nsnake
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsnake
Uninstall nsnake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsnake
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsnake
Remove nsnake Configurations and Data
To remove nsnake
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsnake
Remove nsnake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsnake
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsnake
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsnake
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.