How To Install games-minesweeper on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-minesweeper on Ubuntu 20.04. games-minesweeper is Debians minesweeper games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-minesweeper on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is games-minesweeper

games-minesweeper is:

This metapackage will install minesweeper games.

There are three methods to install games-minesweeper 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 games-minesweeper Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-minesweeper

Install games-minesweeper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-minesweeper

Install games-minesweeper 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 games-minesweeper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install games-minesweeper

How To Uninstall games-minesweeper on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the games-minesweeper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove games-minesweeper

Uninstall games-minesweeper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-minesweeper

Remove games-minesweeper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-minesweeper

Remove games-minesweeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-minesweeper

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Summary

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