How To Install vectoroids on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vectoroids on Debian 10.
What is vectoroids
vectoroids is:
“Vectoroids” is a vector-based rock-shooting game similar to the arcade classic “Asteroids.” Pilot a spaceship and destroy asteroids by shooting them into smaller and smaller pieces while trying to avoid being smashed or shot by UFOs.
“Vectoroids” is an SDL game based on the source for “Agendaroids,” an X-Window game written for the Agenda VR3 Linux-based PDA written by the same author.
There are three methods to install vectoroids on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vectoroids Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vectoroids using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vectoroids
Install vectoroids Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vectoroids using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vectoroids
Install vectoroids 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vectoroids using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vectoroids
How To Uninstall vectoroids on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vectoroids package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vectoroids
Uninstall vectoroids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vectoroids and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vectoroids
Remove vectoroids Configurations and Data
To remove vectoroids configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vectoroids
Remove vectoroids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vectoroids configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vectoroids
Dependencies
vectoroids have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vectoroids package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.