How To Install zivot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zivot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zivot
zivot is:
This is a variant of John Horton Conway’s Game of Life (a classic cellular automaton), simple console version, written in FORTRAN.
There are three methods to install zivot 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 zivot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zivot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zivot
Install zivot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zivot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zivot
Install zivot 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 zivot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zivot
How To Uninstall zivot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zivot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zivot
Uninstall zivot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zivot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zivot
Remove zivot Configurations and Data
To remove zivot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zivot
Remove zivot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zivot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zivot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zivot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
