How To Install open-invaders-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-invaders-data on Ubuntu 18.04. open-invaders-data is Space Invaders clone (data package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-invaders-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is open-invaders-data

open-invaders-data is:

Space Invaders is one of the earliest arcade shoot ’em up games. The player can move horizontally across the bottom of the screen and must shoot at an incoming wave of aliens before they reach the bottom.

Open Invaders is a clone of the legendary 70’s classic, but with completely new graphics, several bonus levels, etc.

This package contains the data used by the game.

There are three methods to install open-invaders-data 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 open-invaders-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install open-invaders-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install open-invaders-data

Install open-invaders-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install open-invaders-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install open-invaders-data

Install open-invaders-data 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 open-invaders-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install open-invaders-data

How To Uninstall open-invaders-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the open-invaders-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove open-invaders-data

Uninstall open-invaders-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall open-invaders-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-invaders-data

Remove open-invaders-data Configurations and Data

To remove open-invaders-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge open-invaders-data

Remove open-invaders-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove open-invaders-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-invaders-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-invaders-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.