How To Install python-renpy 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 python-renpy on Ubuntu.
What is python-renpy
python-renpy is:
Ren’Py is a programming language and runtime, intended to ease the creation of visual-novel type games. It contains features that make it easy to display thoughts, dialogue, and menus; to display images to the user; to write game logic; and to support the saving and loading of games.
This package includes the native Python module.
There are three methods to install python-renpy 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 python-renpy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-renpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-renpy
Install python-renpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-renpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-renpy
Install python-renpy 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 python-renpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-renpy
How To Uninstall python-renpy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python-renpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-renpy
Uninstall python-renpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-renpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-renpy
Remove python-renpy Configurations and Data
To remove python-renpy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-renpy
Remove python-renpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-renpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-renpy
Dependencies
python-renpy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-renpy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.