How To Install widelands-data 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 widelands-data on Ubuntu.

What is `widelands-data`

widelands-data is:

This package contains the graphics and levels for Widelands.

Widelands is a strategy game aiming for gameplay similar to Settlers II by BlueByte.

In this game, you start out on a small piece of land with nothing more than a few of useful resources. Using those, you can build yourself an empire with many thousands of inhabitants. On your way towards this goal, you will have to build up an economic infrastructure, explore the lands around you and face enemies who are trying to rule the world just like you do.

There are three methods to install widelands-data 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 widelands-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install widelands-data

Install widelands-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install widelands-data

Install widelands-data 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 widelands-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install widelands-data

How To Uninstall widelands-data on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the widelands-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove widelands-data

Uninstall widelands-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove widelands-data

Remove widelands-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge widelands-data

Remove widelands-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge widelands-data

Dependencies

widelands-data have the following dependencies:

References

widelands-data website

Summary

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