How To Install inform on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is inform
inform is:
Inform is an object-oriented language for text adventure games which are commonly known as “interactive fiction”. The story files are compiled into a special form of bytecode (Z-code) which can then be run by Z-code interpreters that exist for a multitude of operating systems.
This package contains:
- the Inform compiler
- the Inform standard library
- several user-supplied extensions and modules
There are three methods to install inform 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 inform Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inform using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inform
Install inform Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inform using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inform
Install inform 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 inform using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inform
How To Uninstall inform on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the inform package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inform
Uninstall inform And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inform and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform
Remove inform Configurations and Data
To remove inform configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inform
Remove inform configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inform configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
