How To Install widelands-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install widelands-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is widelands-data
widelands-data is:
This package contains the graphics and levels for Widelands.
Widelands is a strategy game aiming for gameplay similar to Settlers II by BlueByte.
In this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more than a few of useful resources. Using those, you can build yourself an empire with many thousands of inhabitants. On your way towards this goal, you will have to build up an economic infrastructure, explore the lands around you and face enemies who are trying to rule the world just like you do.
There are three methods to install widelands-data 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 widelands-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install widelands-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install widelands-data
Install widelands-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install widelands-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install widelands-data
Install widelands-data 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 widelands-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install widelands-data
How To Uninstall widelands-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the widelands-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove widelands-data
Uninstall widelands-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall widelands-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove widelands-data
Remove widelands-data Configurations and Data
To remove widelands-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge widelands-data
Remove widelands-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove widelands-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge widelands-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install widelands-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
