How To Install xpilot-ng-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpilot-ng-utils
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xpilot-ng-utils
xpilot-ng-utils is:
XPilot is a multi-player tactical manoeuvring game for X. Each player controls their own fighter equipped with a variety of weapons and power-ups. Players compete as teams or as individuals; the object of the game is to score points by blasting the opposition, stealing their treasure or by racing round a circuit. WARNING: This game is very addictive.
This package contains utilities for making XPilot maps and playing back recordings of XPilot games.
There are three methods to install xpilot-ng-utils
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 xpilot-ng-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xpilot-ng-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xpilot-ng-utils
Install xpilot-ng-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xpilot-ng-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xpilot-ng-utils
Install xpilot-ng-utils 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 xpilot-ng-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xpilot-ng-utils
How To Uninstall xpilot-ng-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xpilot-ng-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xpilot-ng-utils
Uninstall xpilot-ng-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xpilot-ng-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xpilot-ng-utils
Remove xpilot-ng-utils Configurations and Data
To remove xpilot-ng-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xpilot-ng-utils
Remove xpilot-ng-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xpilot-ng-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xpilot-ng-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpilot-ng-utils
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.