How To Install wesnoth-1.12-server on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-server on Debian 9. wesnoth-1.12-server is multiplayer network server for Wesnoth (branch 1.12)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-server on Debian 9.

What is wesnoth-1.12-server

wesnoth-1.12-server is:

This package contains the multiplayer network server for Wesnoth. You need it if you want to host multiplayer games on your computer and don’t want to use the official servers.

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-server on Debian 9. 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install wesnoth-1.12-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wesnoth-1.12-server

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

sudo aptitude -y install wesnoth-1.12-server

How To Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-server on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove wesnoth-1.12-server

Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wesnoth-1.12-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove wesnoth-1.12-server Configurations and Data

To remove wesnoth-1.12-server configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

wesnoth-1.12-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-server package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.