How To Install tennix 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 tennix on Ubuntu.

What is tennix

tennix is:

Tennix is a funny tennis game in 2D. You can play against the computer or against another player using the keyboard. The game runs in-window at 640x480 resolution or fullscreen.

Refer to manpage tennix(6) for gameplay instructions and command-line options.

There are three methods to install tennix 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 tennix Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tennix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tennix

Install tennix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tennix

Install tennix 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 tennix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tennix

How To Uninstall tennix on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove tennix

Uninstall tennix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tennix

Remove tennix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tennix

Remove tennix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tennix

Dependencies

tennix have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libpython3.10
• libsdl-image1.2
• libsdl-mixer1.2
• libsdl-net1.2
• libsdl-ttf2.0-0
• libsdl1.2debian
• libstdc++6

References

• tennix website

Summary

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