How To Install openyahtzee on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install openyahtzee on Ubuntu 22.04. openyahtzee is classic dice game of Yahtzee

Introduction

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

What is openyahtzee

openyahtzee is:

Open Yahtzee is a version of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Also known as Knubbel or Pasch.

Open Yahtzee is built to be a full-featured Yahtzee implementation, with a user-friendly interface including animated dice rolls.

For other implementations see the gtali game in the gnome-games package.

There are three methods to install openyahtzee 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 openyahtzee Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openyahtzee

Install openyahtzee Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openyahtzee

Install openyahtzee 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 openyahtzee using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openyahtzee

How To Uninstall openyahtzee on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove openyahtzee

Uninstall openyahtzee And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openyahtzee

Remove openyahtzee Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge openyahtzee

Remove openyahtzee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openyahtzee

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Summary

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