How To Install tuxtype on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxtype
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tuxtype
tuxtype is:
TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. The player guides Tux to eat fish which are falling from the top of the screen. Each fish has a letter written on it. When the player presses the corresponding key, Tux will position himself to eat the fish. The game is intended for children learning to type, though it does have higher difficulty levels which even experienced typists may find challenging.
There are three methods to install tuxtype
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tuxtype Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxtype
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tuxtype
Install tuxtype Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tuxtype
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tuxtype
Install tuxtype 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 tuxtype
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tuxtype
How To Uninstall tuxtype on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tuxtype
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tuxtype
Uninstall tuxtype And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tuxtype
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxtype
Remove tuxtype Configurations and Data
To remove tuxtype
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tuxtype
Remove tuxtype configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tuxtype
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxtype
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxtype
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.