How To Install sdl-ball on Debian 12

Learn how to install sdl-ball on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sdl-ball is brick-breaking game like DX-Ball/Arkanoid

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdl-ball on Debian 12.

What is sdl-ball

sdl-ball is:

Your mission: To smash your way through a series of progressively harder and more tricky levels. Your tools: Ultrakinetic titanium balls and your trusty Gruntmazter-3000-Paddle edition.

There are three methods to install sdl-ball on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sdl-ball Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sdl-ball

Install sdl-ball Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sdl-ball

Install sdl-ball 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 sdl-ball using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sdl-ball

How To Uninstall sdl-ball on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sdl-ball package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sdl-ball

Uninstall sdl-ball And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sdl-ball and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdl-ball

Remove sdl-ball Configurations and Data

To remove sdl-ball configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sdl-ball

Remove sdl-ball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdl-ball

Dependencies

sdl-ball have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdl-ball package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.