How To Install spring on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spring on Debian 12.

What is spring

spring is:

Spring is a modern full-3D RTS (Real Time Strategy) game engine originally created to bring the gameplay experience of Total Annihilation into 3D. Games are played using one of a number of mods.

This package just includes the game engine and the default AI, with no maps, mods or rich user interface.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spring

Install spring Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spring

Install spring 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 spring using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spring

How To Uninstall spring on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove spring

Uninstall spring And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spring

Remove spring Configurations and Data

To remove spring configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spring

Remove spring configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spring

Dependencies

spring have the following dependencies:

• spring-common
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libdevil1c2
• libfreetype6
• libgcc-s1
• libgl1
• libglew2.2
• libjsoncpp25
• libminizip1
• libopenal1
• libsdl2-2.0-0
• libstdc++6
• libunwind8
• libvorbisfile3
• libx11-6
• libxcursor1
• zlib1g

References

• spring website
• spring on packages.debian.org

Summary

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