How To Install crossfire-client on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire-client on Ubuntu 20.04. crossfire-client is Client for the multiplayer roguelike Crossfire

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire-client on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is crossfire-client

crossfire-client is:

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’.

To play the game you’ll need to have access to a local or remote server.

There are three methods to install crossfire-client on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-client 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-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install crossfire-client

Install crossfire-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crossfire-client

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

sudo aptitude -y install crossfire-client

How To Uninstall crossfire-client on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove crossfire-client

Uninstall crossfire-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crossfire-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crossfire-client

Remove crossfire-client Configurations and Data

To remove crossfire-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crossfire-client

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

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

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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossfire-client package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.