How To Install renpy-demo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install renpy-demo on Ubuntu 18.04. renpy-demo is framework for developing visual-novel type games - demo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install renpy-demo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is renpy-demo

renpy-demo is:

Ren’Py is a programming language and runtime, intended to ease the creation of visual-novel type games. It contains features that make it easy to display thoughts, dialogue, and menus; to display images to the user; to write game logic; and to support the saving and loading of games.

This package includes a full playable example showing the features of the framework.

There are three methods to install renpy-demo 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 renpy-demo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install renpy-demo

Install renpy-demo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install renpy-demo

Install renpy-demo 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 renpy-demo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install renpy-demo

How To Uninstall renpy-demo on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the renpy-demo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove renpy-demo

Uninstall renpy-demo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove renpy-demo

Remove renpy-demo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge renpy-demo

Remove renpy-demo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge renpy-demo

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Summary

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