How To Install spellcast on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install spellcast on Ubuntu 18.04. spellcast is Classic hand-waving multi-player game of spellcasting

Introduction

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

What is spellcast

spellcast is:

Spellcast is a classic game of might and magic for the X Windowing System based on the pen and pencil game Spellbinder, published in 1997. In the game, two or more wizards duke it out with spells, summoning monsters, and plain old poking with fingers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spellcast

Install spellcast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spellcast

Install spellcast 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 spellcast using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spellcast

How To Uninstall spellcast on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove spellcast

Uninstall spellcast And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spellcast

Remove spellcast Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spellcast

Remove spellcast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spellcast

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Summary

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