How To Install powder 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 powder on Ubuntu.
What is powder
powder is:
This is a roguelike originally developed specifically for the Gameboy Advance (GBA). It is not a port of an existing roguelike as the controls of the GBA are very different from the traditional keyboard, and the screen imposes some additional limitations. It is built around replayability and long term ergonomics, not short term learning. It uses actual graphic tiles (16x16) rather than the traditional characters.
There are three methods to install powder 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 powder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install powder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install powder
Install powder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install powder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install powder
Install powder 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 powder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install powder
How To Uninstall powder on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the powder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove powder
Uninstall powder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall powder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove powder
Remove powder Configurations and Data
To remove powder configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge powder
Remove powder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove powder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge powder
Dependencies
powder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install powder package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.