How To Install tuxfootball on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxfootball on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tuxfootball
tuxfootball is:
It’s bringing old style gameplay from DOS times back to the desktop with up to date graphics! Its gameplay is similar to old classics such as Amco’s Kick Off and Sensible Software’s Sensible Soccer.
The gameplay is designed to be quick, responsive and fun. You are always in control of the player closest to the ball. The ball is controlled via two different kick buttons - one for pass, and one for shoot. Aftertouch can be applied to shots by quickly pressing and holding the direction you want the ball to bend towards. Pushing in the opposite direction to what you kicked the ball makes it raise into the air, pushing in the same direction as the ball makes it dip towards the ground.
There are three methods to install tuxfootball 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 tuxfootball Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxfootball using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tuxfootball
Install tuxfootball Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxfootball using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tuxfootball
Install tuxfootball 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 tuxfootball using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tuxfootball
How To Uninstall tuxfootball on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tuxfootball package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tuxfootball
Uninstall tuxfootball And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tuxfootball and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxfootball
Remove tuxfootball Configurations and Data
To remove tuxfootball configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tuxfootball
Remove tuxfootball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tuxfootball configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxfootball
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxfootball package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
