How To Install openuniverse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openuniverse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openuniverse
openuniverse is:
OpenUniverse (OU for short) is a fun, fast and free OpenGL space simulator. It currently focuses on the Solar System and lets you visit all of its planets, most major moons and a vast collection of smaller bodies in colorful, glorious and realtime 3D. If you’ve ever had a chance to visit Mercury or asteroid Geographos, here you’ll find them looking exactly the same way, following exactly the same path as when you’ve left them.
Notice that OpenUniverse is not actively being maintained anymore and that users are recommended to use Celestia instead.
There are three methods to install openuniverse 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 openuniverse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openuniverse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openuniverse
Install openuniverse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openuniverse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openuniverse
Install openuniverse 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 openuniverse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openuniverse
How To Uninstall openuniverse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openuniverse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openuniverse
Uninstall openuniverse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openuniverse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openuniverse
Remove openuniverse Configurations and Data
To remove openuniverse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openuniverse
Remove openuniverse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openuniverse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openuniverse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openuniverse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
