How To Install criticalmass-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass-data on Ubuntu 18.04. criticalmass-data is Shoot-em-up a la galaxian (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is criticalmass-data

criticalmass-data is:

criticalmass, aka critter, is a shoot-’em-up in the style of Galaxian with very colorful and smooth graphics (provided that you have 3d acceleration)

This package provides architecture-independent data files for criticalmass.

There are three methods to install criticalmass-data 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 criticalmass-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install criticalmass-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install criticalmass-data

Install criticalmass-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install criticalmass-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install criticalmass-data

Install criticalmass-data 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 criticalmass-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install criticalmass-data

How To Uninstall criticalmass-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the criticalmass-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove criticalmass-data

Uninstall criticalmass-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall criticalmass-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove criticalmass-data

Remove criticalmass-data Configurations and Data

To remove criticalmass-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge criticalmass-data

Remove criticalmass-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove criticalmass-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge criticalmass-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install criticalmass-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.