How To Install gplanarity on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gplanarity on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gplanarity
gplanarity is:
gPlanarity is a puzzle game with the goal to untangle planar graphs for fun and prizes. If you tend to get addicted to cute little math puzzles, this one is a doozy.
gPlanarity is a super-clone of the flash Planarity game written by John Tantalo. The original Planarity ran well in IE and Firefox on other platforms, but was slow and liked to lock up or abort under Linux browsers.
gPlanarity implements gameplay identical to the original Planarity but adds some UI and game extras around the basic game such as multiple board generation algorithms, puzzle boards, complete backing state, group select/drag and so on.
There are three methods to install gplanarity 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 gplanarity Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gplanarity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gplanarity
Install gplanarity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gplanarity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gplanarity
Install gplanarity 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 gplanarity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gplanarity
How To Uninstall gplanarity on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gplanarity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gplanarity
Uninstall gplanarity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gplanarity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gplanarity
Remove gplanarity Configurations and Data
To remove gplanarity configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gplanarity
Remove gplanarity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gplanarity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gplanarity
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gplanarity package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
