How To Install flare on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install flare on Ubuntu 20.04. flare is Meta package to deal with package name changes in Flare 0.19

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flare on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is flare

flare is:

This is a transitional metapackage to deal with package name changes of 0.19 (separation between engine and game data).

There are three methods to install flare 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 flare Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flare

Install flare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install flare using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flare

Install flare 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 flare using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flare

How To Uninstall flare on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the flare package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flare

Uninstall flare And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flare

Remove flare Configurations and Data

To remove flare configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flare

Remove flare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flare

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Summary

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