How To Install minigalaxy 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 minigalaxy on Ubuntu.
What is minigalaxy
minigalaxy is:
Allows you to download and play Linux games from the gog.com game store.
Besides installing games, it offers the following feature:
- Update your games
- Install and update DLC
- Select in which language you’d prefer to download your games
- Change where games are installed
- Search your GOG Linux library
- Show all games or just the ones you’ve installed
- View the error message if a game fails to launch
A GOG account is required to use this software.
There are three methods to install minigalaxy 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 minigalaxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minigalaxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minigalaxy
Install minigalaxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minigalaxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minigalaxy
Install minigalaxy 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 minigalaxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minigalaxy
How To Uninstall minigalaxy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the minigalaxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minigalaxy
Uninstall minigalaxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minigalaxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minigalaxy
Remove minigalaxy Configurations and Data
To remove minigalaxy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minigalaxy
Remove minigalaxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minigalaxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minigalaxy
Dependencies
minigalaxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minigalaxy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.