How To Install wesnoth on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth on Debian 10.
What is wesnoth
wesnoth is:
This metapackage pulls in the complete set of the latest stable version, most helpful if you always want to have all the official campaigns installed. If you only want to play over the network with other players or want to play only a few campaigns you just need to install the wesnoth-core package and the wanted campaign packages.
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 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 wesnoth 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wesnoth
Install wesnoth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wesnoth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wesnoth
Install wesnoth 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wesnoth
How To Uninstall wesnoth on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wesnoth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wesnoth
Uninstall wesnoth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wesnoth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wesnoth
Remove wesnoth Configurations and Data
To remove wesnoth configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wesnoth
Remove wesnoth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wesnoth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wesnoth
Dependencies
wesnoth have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wesnoth package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.