How To Install heroes on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heroes
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is heroes
heroes is:
Heroes is similar to the “Tron” and “Nibbles” games of yore, but includes many graphical improvements and new game features. In it, you must maneuver a small vehicle around a world and collect powerups while avoiding obstacles, your opponents’ trails, and even your own trail.
Several styles of play are available, including “get-all-the-bonuses”, deathmatch, and “squish-the-pedestrians”. All game styles can be played in both single-player and two-player (split-screen) modes.
You should install the heroes-sound-effects package if you want sound effects, and the heroes-sound-tracks package if you want background music in the game.
There are three methods to install heroes
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 heroes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heroes
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heroes
Install heroes Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heroes
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heroes
Install heroes 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 heroes
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heroes
How To Uninstall heroes on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the heroes
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heroes
Uninstall heroes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heroes
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heroes
Remove heroes Configurations and Data
To remove heroes
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heroes
Remove heroes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heroes
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heroes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heroes
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.