How To Install scummvm-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is scummvm-tools
scummvm-tools is:
This package contains various tools which may be useful in conjunction with ScummVM.
The tools include:
- compression tools to re-compress ScummVM games’ assets;
- extraction tools, either to extract resources from game assets, or to convert assets from one format to another (e.g. PC Engine or Macintosh releases);
- game script analysis tools.
A GUI is provided alongside the command-line tools.
There are three methods to install scummvm-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scummvm-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scummvm-tools
Install scummvm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scummvm-tools
Install scummvm-tools 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 scummvm-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scummvm-tools
How To Uninstall scummvm-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the scummvm-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scummvm-tools
Uninstall scummvm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scummvm-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scummvm-tools
Remove scummvm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove scummvm-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scummvm-tools
Remove scummvm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scummvm-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scummvm-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.