How To Install tanglet on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tanglet on Ubuntu 18.04. tanglet is single player word finding game based on Boggle

Introduction

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

What is tanglet

tanglet is:

The Object of the game is to list as many words as you can before the time runs out. Every time you find a new word, you are given more time. Each word must be at least three letters long.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tanglet

Install tanglet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tanglet

Install tanglet 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 tanglet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tanglet

How To Uninstall tanglet on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove tanglet

Uninstall tanglet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tanglet

Remove tanglet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tanglet

Remove tanglet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tanglet

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Summary

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