How to Install and Uninstall games-console Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "games-console" package

This tutorial shows how to install games-console on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                games-console
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "games-console" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall games-console on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                games-console
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the games-console package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: games-console
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Source: debian-games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24
Depends: games-tasks (= 2.2ubuntu3)
Recommends: aajm, an, angband, asciijump, bastet, bombardier, bsdgames, cavezofphear, colossal-cave-adventure, crawl, curseofwar, empire, freesweep, gearhead, gnugo, gnuminishogi, greed, matanza, moria, nethack-console, netris, nettoe, ninvaders, nsnake, nudoku, ogamesim, omega-rpg, open-adventure, pacman4console, petris, robotfindskitten, slashem, sudoku, tetrinet-client, tint, tintin++, zivot
Suggests: animals
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-games/games-console_2.2ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 3840
MD5sum: 98d87aa585624c4e1560be8d94d32a1b
SHA1: 63917b2ae6617c7f527163b7d6e5afa575d8ae11
SHA256: 3c477430bfafd899df2946dec6e9231e60fa6c6e393c3374d60f461a618d2dc4
SHA512: 5c7d9849b89a87f96937a01c428f592aecb9d1e7cdc8664986835b4f62f87d0bd4b7bf4472655b268a909d39668b8e89e729e390690fa409135159eed47ecff0
Homepage: https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/
Description-en: Debian's console games
This metapackage will install text console games designed to be used via a
text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal.
Description-md5: 1f81481a28a50b7d38297c4420db7e4f