How to Install and Uninstall games-console Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "games-console" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install games-console on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall games-console on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: games-console
Architecture: all
Version: 3.3
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: 26
Depends: games-tasks (= 3.3)
Recommends: 2048, an, angband, animals, 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, pacvim, petris, piu-piu, robotfindskitten, slashem, sudoku, tetrinet-client, tint, tintin++, trader, vitetris
Suggests: aajm, termtris
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-games/games-console_3.3_all.deb
Size: 3852
MD5sum: a9e12f08813fa673271af245141b9bb8
SHA1: 9e80b2543201289025ff49f6cacd691b60de59a5
SHA256: 89f5f2efe4a68dd84a550b4df5ed6e0d2f608b69bb4766dbe337796ee7745fbf
SHA512: 6a5c2006e38211f3c561df21110ea3c1f6262fcec03ef03fa0305e019ec3bd7f0cb6b00f54790befa86250b4c2fc59356d113c874f6f5c7b3082dfa62a0b8f43
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