How To Install tads2-dev 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 tads2-dev on Ubuntu.
What is tads2-dev
tads2-dev is:
TADS is the Text Adventure Development System, a set of tools for writing and playing text-based adventure games. You interface with these games by entering commands in English, and the game responds with a textual description of the result.
This package contains a compiler which produces machine-independent TADS version 2 game files, as well as the standard TADS 2 library. The input language is an object-oriented high-level language similar to C or C++.
There are three methods to install tads2-dev 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 tads2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tads2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tads2-dev
Install tads2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tads2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tads2-dev
Install tads2-dev 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 tads2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tads2-dev
How To Uninstall tads2-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tads2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tads2-dev
Uninstall tads2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tads2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tads2-dev
Remove tads2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove tads2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tads2-dev
Remove tads2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tads2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tads2-dev
Dependencies
tads2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tads2-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.