How To Install tetrinetx on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tetrinetx on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tetrinetx
tetrinetx is:
Provides a server for hosting Tetrinet games. Tetrinet is a variant of Tetris played over the internet. Up to six people may simultaneously connect to a server to participate in a game.
For more information about the Tetrinet game, visit http://www.tetrinet.us/
There are three methods to install tetrinetx 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 tetrinetx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tetrinetx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tetrinetx
Install tetrinetx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tetrinetx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tetrinetx
Install tetrinetx 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 tetrinetx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tetrinetx
How To Uninstall tetrinetx on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tetrinetx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tetrinetx
Uninstall tetrinetx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tetrinetx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tetrinetx
Remove tetrinetx Configurations and Data
To remove tetrinetx configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tetrinetx
Remove tetrinetx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tetrinetx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tetrinetx
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tetrinetx package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
