How To Install tads3-common 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 tads3-common on Ubuntu.
What is tads3-common
tads3-common 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 runtime support files needed by both the TADS 3 interpreter and the TADS 3 compiler.
There are three methods to install tads3-common 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 tads3-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tads3-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tads3-common
Install tads3-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tads3-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tads3-common
Install tads3-common 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 tads3-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tads3-common
How To Uninstall tads3-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tads3-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tads3-common
Uninstall tads3-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tads3-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tads3-common
Remove tads3-common Configurations and Data
To remove tads3-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tads3-common
Remove tads3-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tads3-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tads3-common
Dependencies
tads3-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tads3-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.