How To Install wordwarvi on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordwarvi on Ubuntu 18.04. wordwarvi is retro-styled side-scrolling shootem up arcade game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wordwarvi on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wordwarvi

wordwarvi is:

Word War vi is your basic side-scrolling shoot ’em up ’80s style arcade game. You pilot your “vi"per craft through core memory, rescuing lost .swp files, avoiding OS defenses, and wiping out those memory hogging emacs processes.

Includes support for joysticks with force-feedback.

There are three methods to install wordwarvi 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 wordwarvi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wordwarvi

Install wordwarvi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wordwarvi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wordwarvi

Install wordwarvi 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 wordwarvi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wordwarvi

How To Uninstall wordwarvi on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the wordwarvi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wordwarvi

Uninstall wordwarvi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordwarvi

Remove wordwarvi Configurations and Data

To remove wordwarvi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wordwarvi

Remove wordwarvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wordwarvi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordwarvi

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Summary

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