How To Install pente on Debian 10

Learn how to install pente on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pente is five in a row game for X and the console

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pente on Debian 10.

What is pente

pente is:

Pente is the English name for the Asian game ni-nuki, which itself is a version of the game go-moku. The game is a variant of the well known five in a row. Placing five stones in a row is one way to win, the other is to capture five pairs of the opponents stones.

Pente can run in three different modes: X, curses or text. You can play against the computer or another human, and there is also support for playing over a network.

There are three methods to install pente on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pente Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pente

Install pente Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pente using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pente

Install pente 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 pente using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pente

How To Uninstall pente on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pente package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pente

Uninstall pente And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pente and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pente

Remove pente Configurations and Data

To remove pente configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pente

Remove pente configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pente

Dependencies

pente have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pente package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.