How To Install acm on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acm on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
acm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.