Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ballz on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ballz
ballz is:
The game is a platformer with some puzzle elements. You take control
of a ball which is genetically modified by the British secret
service. Your mission is to rescue captured British soldiers from a
prison in Iran.
The game was written in 72 hours for the TINS competition, a
competition similar to Speedhack. The name TINS is an recursive
acronym for ‘TINS is not Speedhack’.
There are three methods to install ballz 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 ballz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ballz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ballz
Install ballz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ballz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ballz
Install ballz 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 ballz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ballz
How To Uninstall ballz on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ballz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ballz
Uninstall ballz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ballz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ballz
Remove ballz Configurations and Data
To remove ballz configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ballz
Remove ballz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ballz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ballz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ballz package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
