How To Install tf5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tf5
tf5 is:
TinyFugue is a text-based, line-based client designed for connecting to most flavors of MU* servers (TinyMUSH, TinyMUX, LP, Diku, etc.) or any telnet-based chatserver. It includes support for 256-color terminals, MCCP versions 1 and 2, a powerful trigger and scripting language, and many other features. Encryption of communications with SSL/TLS is supported, but not validation of certificates. Unicode is not currently supported.
This package is the current development version of TinyFugue (major version 5). For the current stable version (major version 4), install the “tf” package instead.
There are three methods to install tf5 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 tf5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tf5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tf5
Install tf5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tf5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tf5
Install tf5 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 tf5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tf5
How To Uninstall tf5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tf5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tf5
Uninstall tf5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tf5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tf5
Remove tf5 Configurations and Data
To remove tf5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tf5
Remove tf5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tf5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tf5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
