How To Install xball 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 xball on Ubuntu.
What is xball
xball is:
A simple educational game that simulates bouncing balls in a window. Gravity, elasticity, and ability to collide can all be adjusted.
Young children enjoy watching the balls bounce around the screen and are fascinated by the program. This is an ideal program for teaching rudimentary mouse skills to very young children.
There are three methods to install xball 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 xball Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xball using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xball
Install xball Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xball using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xball
Install xball 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 xball using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xball
How To Uninstall xball on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xball package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xball
Uninstall xball And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xball and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xball
Remove xball Configurations and Data
To remove xball configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xball
Remove xball configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xball configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xball
Dependencies
xball have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xball package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.