How To Install xsoldier on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsoldier on Debian 10.
What is xsoldier
xsoldier is:
You control a space ship in a vertically scrolling window and shoot enemies. If you kill the boss enemy which appears at the end of each stage, or if you can survive till the boss enemy gets bored with you and escapes, you can go to the next stage.
xsoldier has a unique feature — the “not shooting” bonus. You can get a pretty good score by not pressing the shoot button. After all, if the game is a simple kill-everything and shooting is always a good thing, why do you have to press a shoot button? You can play xsoldier as a simple kill-everything (and it is the best way to survive), but if you care your score, you need to kill all enemies with a minimum number of bullets.
There are three methods to install xsoldier 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 xsoldier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsoldier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsoldier
Install xsoldier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsoldier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsoldier
Install xsoldier 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 xsoldier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsoldier
How To Uninstall xsoldier on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xsoldier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsoldier
Uninstall xsoldier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsoldier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsoldier
Remove xsoldier Configurations and Data
To remove xsoldier configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsoldier
Remove xsoldier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsoldier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsoldier
Dependencies
xsoldier have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsoldier package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.