How To Install zangband on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zangband on Debian 12.
What is zangband
zangband is:
Zangband is a single-player, roguelike game, based on Angband. Like Angband, Zangband features unique foes, artifacts, monster pits and vaults. Additionally, Zangband offers a new spell system (life, sorcery, nature, chaos, death magic), a different monster list, speaking unique foes, rumours, warrants, new ego items, backstabbing from rogues, poisoned weapons, and much more.
There are three methods to install zangband on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zangband Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zangband using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zangband
Install zangband Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zangband using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zangband
Install zangband 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 zangband using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zangband
How To Uninstall zangband on Debian 12
To uninstall only the zangband package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zangband
Uninstall zangband And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zangband and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zangband
Remove zangband Configurations and Data
To remove zangband configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zangband
Remove zangband configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zangband configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zangband
Dependencies
zangband have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zangband package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.