How To Install snowballz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowballz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is snowballz
snowballz is:
Take command of your army of penguins as you blaze your path to victory! March through snow laden forests to conqueror new frontiers and grow your small army. Ambush enemy lines with blasts of freezing snowballs. But don’t neglect your home, invaders are just over the next snow drift! Gather fish for your cold penguins to munch on as they warm up in your cozy igloo. It’s a snowy world you don’t want to miss!
There are three methods to install snowballz 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 snowballz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snowballz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snowballz
Install snowballz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snowballz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snowballz
Install snowballz 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 snowballz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snowballz
How To Uninstall snowballz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the snowballz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snowballz
Uninstall snowballz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snowballz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snowballz
Remove snowballz Configurations and Data
To remove snowballz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snowballz
Remove snowballz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snowballz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snowballz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowballz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
