How To Install bzflag-wrapper on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install bzflag

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is bzflag-wrapper and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install bzflag-wrapper on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install bzflag-wrapper using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install bzflag-wrapper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bzflag

Install bzflag-wrapper using apt

Because bzflag-wrapper is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install bzflag-wrapper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bzflag

Install bzflag-wrapper 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install bzflag-wrapper by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bzflag

How to upgrade (update) a single package bzflag-wrapper using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the bzflag-wrapper, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install bzflag

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install bzflag

How To Uninstall bzflag-wrapper from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bzflag-wrapper package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bzflag

Uninstall bzflag-wrapper and all its dependencies

To uninstall bzflag-wrapper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzflag

Remove bzflag-wrapper with all configurations and data

To remove bzflag-wrapper configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bzflag

Remove bzflag-wrapper completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to bzflag-wrapper package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzflag

Extra info and code examples

BZFlag is a 3D multi-player multiplatform tank battle game that allows users to play against each other in a network environment. There are five teams: red, green, blue, purple and rogue (rogue tanks are black). Destroying a player on another team scores a win, while being destroyed or destroying a teammate scores a loss. Rogues have no teammates (not even other rogues), so they cannot shoot teammates and they do not have a team score. There are two main styles of play: capture-the-flag and free-for-all. In capture-the-flag, each team (except rogues) has a team base and each team with at least one player has a team flag. The object is to capture an enemy team's flag by bringing it to your team's base. This destroys every player on the captured team, subtracts one from that team's score, and adds one to your team's score. In free-for-all, there are no team flags or team bases. The object is simply to get as high a score as possible. This metapackage installs the both the client and the server, as well generic documentation files concerning the bzflag community, contributing to bzflag, etc.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install bzflag-wrapper using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the bzflag-wrapper from Ubuntu 22.04.

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