How To Install exult-studio on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exult-studio on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is exult-studio
exult-studio is:
Includes:
expack - Command line tool for creating and extracting Flex (.flx) files. Flex files are used by Ultima 7 to store most of its data. splitshp - Command line tool to take a multi-frame shp file and split it into its individual frames. shp2pcx - Command line tool to convert shp files to pcx format; the shp files can be extracted using expack. ucxt - Tool to translate usecode back into `human readable’, roughly assembly like code. The output can be presented in a variety of different format, including one which will, later, have a suitable compiler back into usecode. ucc - A usecode compiler. exult_studio - An editor for games using the Exult engine.
These are all works in progress.
A GIMP plugin is provided, so that if you have the GIMP installed you can edit and create game graphics with it.
There are three methods to install exult-studio 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 exult-studio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exult-studio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exult-studio
Install exult-studio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exult-studio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exult-studio
Install exult-studio 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 exult-studio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exult-studio
How To Uninstall exult-studio on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the exult-studio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exult-studio
Uninstall exult-studio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exult-studio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exult-studio
Remove exult-studio Configurations and Data
To remove exult-studio configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exult-studio
Remove exult-studio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exult-studio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exult-studio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exult-studio package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
