How To Install freedink on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedink on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is freedink
freedink is:
Dink Smallwood is an adventure/role-playing game, similar to classic Zelda, made by RTsoft. Besides twisted humor, it includes the actual game editor, allowing players to create hundreds of new adventures called Dink Modules or D-Mods for short.
GNU FreeDink is a new and portable version of the game engine, which runs the original game as well as its D-Mods, with close compatibility, under multiple platforms.
This package is a metapackage to install the game, its data and a front-end to manage game options and D-Mods.
There are three methods to install freedink 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 freedink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freedink using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freedink
Install freedink Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freedink using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freedink
Install freedink 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 freedink using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freedink
How To Uninstall freedink on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the freedink package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freedink
Uninstall freedink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freedink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedink
Remove freedink Configurations and Data
To remove freedink configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freedink
Remove freedink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freedink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedink
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedink package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
