How To Install blockattack 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 blockattack on Ubuntu.

What is `blockattack`

blockattack is:

Block Attack is a puzzle/blockfall game inspired by Nintendo’s Tetris Attack for the Super Nintendo. The game is pretty action packed for a puzzle game :-)

Features:

Based on the classic “Tetris Attack” for the SNES
5 single player modes: Endless, Time Trial, Puzzle Mode, Stage Clear and Vs. Mode
2 two player options: Time Trial and Vs. Mode
Puzzle mode has 20+ puzzles
Players can use a custom key setup
Handicap in multiplayer
Highscores are saved
Joypad support
Music and sound effects
Animations
Select puzzle file from a list in the game

System requirements:

Screen resolution: 1024x768 (cannot be changed, but it can run in a window)
Keyboard
Mouse (optional)
Processor: Decent (tested on 733 MHz)
Memory: at least 64 MB

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blockattack

Install blockattack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blockattack

Install blockattack 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 blockattack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blockattack

How To Uninstall blockattack on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove blockattack

Uninstall blockattack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blockattack

Remove blockattack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blockattack

Remove blockattack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blockattack

Dependencies

blockattack have the following dependencies:

References

blockattack website

Summary

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