How To Install gnome-mines on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-mines on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-mines is popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gnome-mines

gnome-mines is:

Mines is a puzzle game where you locate mines floating in an ocean using only your brain and a little bit of luck. Task: ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install gnome-mines 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-mines 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-mines using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-mines

Install gnome-mines Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-mines

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-mines

How To Uninstall gnome-mines on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-mines

Uninstall gnome-mines And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-mines

Remove gnome-mines Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-mines

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

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

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

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Summary

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