How To Install dmagnetic on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmagnetic on Ubuntu 22.04. dmagnetic is Interpreter to play textadventures from Magnetic Scrolls in glorious ANSI Art

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmagnetic on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is dmagnetic

dmagnetic is:

dMagnetic is a Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter. It allows one to play classic text adventures such as “The Pawn”, “The Guild of Thieves”, “Fish!”, “Myth”, “Jinxter”, “Corruption” and “Wonderland” in a terminal window. The beautiful graphics are being rendered in glorious ANSI art.

There are three methods to install dmagnetic on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dmagnetic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dmagnetic

Install dmagnetic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dmagnetic

Install dmagnetic 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 dmagnetic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dmagnetic

How To Uninstall dmagnetic on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dmagnetic

Uninstall dmagnetic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dmagnetic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dmagnetic

Remove dmagnetic Configurations and Data

To remove dmagnetic configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dmagnetic

Remove dmagnetic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dmagnetic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmagnetic package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.