How To Install zec 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 zec on Ubuntu.
What is zec
zec is:
zec is a client for Empire (http://www.wolfpackempire.com/), a real time, multiplayer, internet-based game, featuring military, diplomatic, and economic goals.
Currently there are two incarnations of zec: zec, and zecsh.
zec itself is a traditional script in the style of pei. While it is not as full-featured as pei, it does have the advantage of ZLE support.
zecsh is an experimental script, intended to be sourced from a running shell instance, in order to give the user the ability to intersperse normal shell constructs with Empire commands.
At this time, zecsh is considerably less stable than zec.
There are three methods to install zec 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 zec Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zec
Install zec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zec
Install zec 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 zec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zec
How To Uninstall zec on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zec
Uninstall zec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zec
Remove zec Configurations and Data
To remove zec configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zec
Remove zec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zec
Dependencies
zec have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zec package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.