How To Install pinball 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 pinball on Ubuntu.
What is pinball
pinball is:
The Emilia Pinball Project is a pinball simulator for GNU/Linux and other Unix systems. There are only two levels to play with, but they are very addictive.
You can play with two types of boards and keep high scores.
Works with OpenGL and needs hardware acceleration. See requeriments on README file.
There are three methods to install pinball 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 pinball Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pinball using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pinball
Install pinball Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pinball using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pinball
Install pinball 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 pinball using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pinball
How To Uninstall pinball on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pinball package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pinball
Uninstall pinball And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pinball and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pinball
Remove pinball Configurations and Data
To remove pinball configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pinball
Remove pinball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pinball configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pinball
Dependencies
pinball have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinball package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.