How To Install openyahtzee on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openyahtzee on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openyahtzee
openyahtzee is:
Open Yahtzee is a version of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Also known as Knubbel or Pasch.
Open Yahtzee is built to be a full-featured Yahtzee implementation, with a user-friendly interface including animated dice rolls.
For other implementations see the gtali game in the gnome-games package.
There are three methods to install openyahtzee 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 openyahtzee Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openyahtzee using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openyahtzee
Install openyahtzee Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openyahtzee using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openyahtzee
Install openyahtzee 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 openyahtzee using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openyahtzee
How To Uninstall openyahtzee on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openyahtzee package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openyahtzee
Uninstall openyahtzee And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openyahtzee and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openyahtzee
Remove openyahtzee Configurations and Data
To remove openyahtzee configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openyahtzee
Remove openyahtzee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openyahtzee configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openyahtzee
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openyahtzee package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.