How To Install wesnoth-1.12-did on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-did on Ubuntu 18.04. wesnoth-1.12-did is Descent Into Darkness official campaign for Wesnoth (branch 1.12)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-did on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wesnoth-1.12-did

wesnoth-1.12-did is:

This package contains the “Descent Into Darkness” campaign for Wesnoth: “Learn the dark arts of necromancy in order to save your people from an orcish incursion.” (Intermediate level, 12 scenarios.)

Battle for control of villages, using variety of units which have advantages and disadvantages in different types of terrains and against different types of attacks. Units gain experience and advance levels, and are carried over from one scenario to the next in a campaign.

There are three methods to install wesnoth-1.12-did 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 wesnoth-1.12-did Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wesnoth-1.12-did using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wesnoth-1.12-did

Install wesnoth-1.12-did Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wesnoth-1.12-did using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wesnoth-1.12-did

Install wesnoth-1.12-did 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 wesnoth-1.12-did using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wesnoth-1.12-did

How To Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-did on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wesnoth-1.12-did package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wesnoth-1.12-did

Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-did And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wesnoth-1.12-did and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wesnoth-1.12-did

Remove wesnoth-1.12-did Configurations and Data

To remove wesnoth-1.12-did configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wesnoth-1.12-did

Remove wesnoth-1.12-did configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wesnoth-1.12-did configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wesnoth-1.12-did

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-did package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.