Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-arcade on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is games-arcade
games-arcade is:
This metapackage will install arcade games.
There are three methods to install games-arcade 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 games-arcade Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install games-arcade using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install games-arcade
Install games-arcade Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install games-arcade using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install games-arcade
Install games-arcade 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 games-arcade using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install games-arcade
How To Uninstall games-arcade on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the games-arcade package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove games-arcade
Uninstall games-arcade And Its Dependencies
To uninstall games-arcade and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-arcade
Remove games-arcade Configurations and Data
To remove games-arcade configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge games-arcade
Remove games-arcade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove games-arcade configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-arcade
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install games-arcade package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
