How To Install snake4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snake4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is snake4
snake4 is:
This is a basic but nice implementation of the snake game. The objective is to “snake around” and eat fruit, while avoiding the evil headbanger and not crashing into your tail.
Features five levels of difficulty and a site-wide high score list.
There are three methods to install snake4 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 snake4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snake4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snake4
Install snake4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snake4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snake4
Install snake4 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 snake4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snake4
How To Uninstall snake4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the snake4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snake4
Uninstall snake4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snake4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snake4
Remove snake4 Configurations and Data
To remove snake4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snake4
Remove snake4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snake4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snake4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snake4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
