How To Install starvoyager on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install starvoyager on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is starvoyager
starvoyager is:
Star Voyager is a Frontier/Elite class game in a more arcade style 2D environment, themed to the ‘Star Trek’ universe. It utilizes the SDL library for portability.
This package contains the game binary
There are three methods to install starvoyager 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 starvoyager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install starvoyager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install starvoyager
Install starvoyager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install starvoyager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install starvoyager
Install starvoyager 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 starvoyager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install starvoyager
How To Uninstall starvoyager on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the starvoyager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove starvoyager
Uninstall starvoyager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall starvoyager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove starvoyager
Remove starvoyager Configurations and Data
To remove starvoyager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge starvoyager
Remove starvoyager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove starvoyager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge starvoyager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install starvoyager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
