How To Install crossfire-server on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire-server on Ubuntu 18.04. crossfire-server is Server for Crossfire Games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire-server on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is crossfire-server

crossfire-server is:

This is the server program for the crossfire client

Crossfire is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game made for the X environment. It has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM) and Nethack/Moria. Any number of players can move around in their own window, finding and using items and battle monsters. They can choose to cooperate or compete in the same “world”.

There are three methods to install crossfire-server 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 crossfire-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crossfire-server

Install crossfire-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crossfire-server

Install crossfire-server 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 crossfire-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crossfire-server

How To Uninstall crossfire-server on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the crossfire-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove crossfire-server

Uninstall crossfire-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crossfire-server

Remove crossfire-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge crossfire-server

Remove crossfire-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crossfire-server

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Summary

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