Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golly on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is golly
golly is:
Golly simulates Conway’s Game of Life with an arbitrarily large grid
of cells. It can optionally use a hashlife algorithm, which allows
it to rapidly compute generations for huge patterns, and to compute
many generations into the future at a time.
Golly provides a graphical interface for viewing and editing cellular
automata. It supports copy and paste, zoom, auto-fit, multiple
layers, and viewing different areas of a pattern simultaneously in
different areas of a window.
Golly can load patterns from RLE, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and
macrocell file formats; it can also interpret images as Life
patterns. Golly provides integrated help, including a copy of the
Life Lexicon.
Golly also supports other rules for 2D cellular automata with an
8-cell neighborhood, and supports 1D cellular automata.
There are three methods to install golly on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install golly Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install golly using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install golly
Install golly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install golly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install golly
Install golly 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 golly using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install golly
How To Uninstall golly on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the golly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove golly
Uninstall golly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall golly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove golly
Remove golly Configurations and Data
To remove golly configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge golly
Remove golly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove golly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golly
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golly package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
