How To Install zoom-player on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zoom-player on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zoom-player
zoom-player is:
Zoom is a player for Z-Code stories or games. These are usually text adventures (also known as interactive fiction), made popular in the eighties by Infocom with its Zork series of games, and others.
Zoom emulates versions 3 through 8 of the Z-Machine; in particular it supports version 6 games properly (including Arthur, Journey, Shōgun and Zork Zero).
There are three methods to install zoom-player 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 zoom-player Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zoom-player using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zoom-player
Install zoom-player Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zoom-player using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zoom-player
Install zoom-player 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 zoom-player using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zoom-player
How To Uninstall zoom-player on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zoom-player package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zoom-player
Uninstall zoom-player And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zoom-player and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zoom-player
Remove zoom-player Configurations and Data
To remove zoom-player configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zoom-player
Remove zoom-player configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zoom-player configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zoom-player
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zoom-player package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
