Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atom4 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is atom4
atom4 is:
Atom-4 is a two-player color manipulation game played with colored
spherical pieces on a board divided into equilateral triangles. The
player who first makes a row of 4 pieces of the right color wins.
However, the players do not directly play pieces of the winning color;
they must construct their winning pieces via color changes that happen
to neighbouring pieces whenever a new piece is placed on the board.
Atom-4 supports both a curses-based text interface and an X11 interface.
There are three methods to install atom4 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install atom4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atom4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atom4
Install atom4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atom4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atom4
Install atom4 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 atom4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atom4
How To Uninstall atom4 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the atom4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atom4
Uninstall atom4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atom4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atom4
Remove atom4 Configurations and Data
To remove atom4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atom4
Remove atom4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atom4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atom4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atom4 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
