How To Install renpy on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

3 minutes • 485 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install renpy on Ubuntu.

What is `renpy`

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.

Ren’Py tries to be like an executable script, allowing you to get a working game without much more effort than is required to type the game script into the computer.

Ren’Py is implemented on top of Python, and that Python heritage shows through in many places. Many Ren’Py statements allow Python expressions to be used, and there are also Ren’Py statements that allow for the execution of arbitrary Python code. Many of the less-used features of Ren’Py are exposed to the user by way of Python. By only requiring use of the simplest features of Python, it’s hoped that Ren’Py will be usable by all game authors.

There are three methods to install 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 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 renpy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install renpy

Install renpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install renpy

Install 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 renpy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install renpy

How To Uninstall renpy on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove renpy

Uninstall renpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove renpy

Remove renpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge renpy

Remove renpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge renpy

Dependencies

renpy have the following dependencies:

References

renpy website

Summary

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