How To Install tuxpaint-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxpaint-data on Ubuntu 18.04. tuxpaint-data is Data files for Tux Paint, a paint program for children

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxpaint-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tuxpaint-data

tuxpaint-data is:

Tux Paint is meant to be a simple drawing program for young children. It is not meant as a general-purpose drawing tool. It IS meant to be fun and easy to use. Sound effects and a cartoon character help let the user know what’s going on, and keeps them entertained.

Tux Paint is extensible. Brushes and “rubber stamp” shapes can be dropped in and pulled out. For example, a teacher can drop in a collection of animal shapes and ask their students to draw an ecosystem. Each shape can have a sound which is played, and textual facts which are displayed, when the child selects the shape.

There is no direct access to the computer’s underlying intricacies. The current image is kept when the program quits, and reappears when it is restarted. Saving images requires no need to create filenames or use the keyboard. Opening an image is done by selecting it from a collection of thumbnails.

This package contains sounds, images, fonts and other data for Tux Paint.

There are three methods to install tuxpaint-data 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 tuxpaint-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tuxpaint-data

Install tuxpaint-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuxpaint-data

Install tuxpaint-data 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 tuxpaint-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tuxpaint-data

How To Uninstall tuxpaint-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tuxpaint-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tuxpaint-data

Uninstall tuxpaint-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxpaint-data

Remove tuxpaint-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tuxpaint-data

Remove tuxpaint-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxpaint-data

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Summary

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