How To Install bve-route-cross-city-south on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bve-route-cross-city-south on Ubuntu 18.04. bve-route-cross-city-south is Birmingham Cross-City South (for OpenBVE rail simulator)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bve-route-cross-city-south on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bve-route-cross-city-south

bve-route-cross-city-south is:

Very accurate train simulator route stretching from Redditch to Birmingham New Street station in the United Kingdom. The line is electrified, starting off single-track in the countryside before reaching the inner metropolitan area. Length: 15 miles (25 km).

The route contains multiple timetables and varied activities for different seasons and times of day… including blanket snow!

A suitable train is the British Rail Class 323 EMU. The route stops at the purple-coloured Bournville station next Cadbury’s chocolate factory.

This version of the Birmingham Cross-City South route has been specially prepared for inclusion with openBVE, and is released into the public domain.

There are three methods to install bve-route-cross-city-south 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 bve-route-cross-city-south Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bve-route-cross-city-south using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bve-route-cross-city-south

Install bve-route-cross-city-south Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bve-route-cross-city-south using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bve-route-cross-city-south

Install bve-route-cross-city-south 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 bve-route-cross-city-south using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bve-route-cross-city-south

How To Uninstall bve-route-cross-city-south on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bve-route-cross-city-south package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bve-route-cross-city-south

Uninstall bve-route-cross-city-south And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bve-route-cross-city-south and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bve-route-cross-city-south

Remove bve-route-cross-city-south Configurations and Data

To remove bve-route-cross-city-south configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bve-route-cross-city-south

Remove bve-route-cross-city-south configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bve-route-cross-city-south configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bve-route-cross-city-south

References

Summary

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