How To Install acm on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acm on Ubuntu 22.04. acm is Multi-player classic air combat simulator

Introduction

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

What is acm

acm is:

A multi-player aerial combat simulation. Players engage in air to air combat against one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons.

Main features include:

  • Simulation with 6 degrees of freedom.
  • Tricycle and bicycle landing gear simulation.
  • Structural limit to the vertical positive/negative load.
  • Standard atmosphere.
  • Weather: daylight/night, fog, wind.
  • Classic instruments, including magnetic compass, turn and slip indicator, airspeed indicator, attitude and bank indicator, altitude indicator, vertical speed indicator.
  • Navigation: HSI with RNAV calculator, ADF.
  • Head-up display (HUD) and inertial reference system.
  • Auto-pilots: hold altitude, hold climb rate, hold speed, follow VOR radial, follow ILS glide path, rudder/ailerons coordination.
  • Several aircraft models implemented, both civil and military.
  • Two sceneries provided: Dallas area (Texas) and Italy area with hundreds of runways and radio stations.

acm runs under the X window system. This version of acm is implemented as a distributed simulation. It communicates information via the IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol.

The original version of acm was written by Riley Rainey. This is Umberto Salsi’s updated version.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install acm

Install acm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install acm

Install acm 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 acm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acm

How To Uninstall acm on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove acm

Uninstall acm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acm

Remove acm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge acm

Remove acm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acm

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Summary

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