How To Install rocksndiamonds on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocksndiamonds on Ubuntu 18.04. rocksndiamonds is arcade-style game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocksndiamonds on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is rocksndiamonds

rocksndiamonds is:

This package provides the game engine for Rocks’n’Diamonds, an arcade game in the tradition of “Boulder Dash”, “Emerald Mine”, “Supaplex”, “Sokoban”, etcetera. Game levels emulating all of these can be downloaded from ArtSoft.org.

There are three methods to install rocksndiamonds 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 rocksndiamonds Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rocksndiamonds

Install rocksndiamonds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rocksndiamonds

Install rocksndiamonds 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 rocksndiamonds using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rocksndiamonds

How To Uninstall rocksndiamonds on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove rocksndiamonds

Uninstall rocksndiamonds And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rocksndiamonds

Remove rocksndiamonds Configurations and Data

To remove rocksndiamonds configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rocksndiamonds

Remove rocksndiamonds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rocksndiamonds

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Summary

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