How To Install wesnoth-1.12-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth-1.12-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. wesnoth-1.12-tools is tools for campaign developers for Wesnoth (branch 1.12)

Introduction

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

What is wesnoth-1.12-tools

wesnoth-1.12-tools is:

This package contains various tools for Wesnoth that are especially useful for campaign developers, including but not limited to scripts supporting the generation and checking of WML (Wesnoth Markup Language). You can find them in the directory /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/tools after installation of the package.

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-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install wesnoth-1.12-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wesnoth-1.12-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install wesnoth-1.12-tools

How To Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wesnoth-1.12-tools

Uninstall wesnoth-1.12-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wesnoth-1.12-tools 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-tools

Remove wesnoth-1.12-tools Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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