How To Install gnome-mahjongg on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-mahjongg on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-mahjongg is classic Eastern tile game for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-mahjongg on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-mahjongg

gnome-mahjongg is:

This is a solitaire (one player) version of the classic Eastern tile game, Mahjongg.

You start with five levels of tiles which are stacked so some are covered up by the tiles on top. The object of Mahjongg is to remove all the tiles from the game, by finding matching pairs which look alike. Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install gnome-mahjongg 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 gnome-mahjongg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-mahjongg

Install gnome-mahjongg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-mahjongg

Install gnome-mahjongg 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 gnome-mahjongg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-mahjongg

How To Uninstall gnome-mahjongg on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-mahjongg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-mahjongg

Uninstall gnome-mahjongg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-mahjongg

Remove gnome-mahjongg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-mahjongg

Remove gnome-mahjongg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-mahjongg

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Summary

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