How To Install squirrel3 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 squirrel3 on Ubuntu.
What is squirrel3
squirrel3 is:
Squirrel is a high-level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a lightweight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.
This package contains the Squirrel command line interpreter and bytecode compiler.
There are three methods to install squirrel3 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 squirrel3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install squirrel3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squirrel3
Install squirrel3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squirrel3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squirrel3
Install squirrel3 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 squirrel3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squirrel3
How To Uninstall squirrel3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the squirrel3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squirrel3
Uninstall squirrel3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squirrel3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squirrel3
Remove squirrel3 Configurations and Data
To remove squirrel3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squirrel3
Remove squirrel3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squirrel3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squirrel3
Dependencies
squirrel3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squirrel3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.