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How to install GNU GCC compiler (C++) in Devuan linux?

In case you are planning to install GNU gcc compiler, you will surely need other tools (make app, man pages, etc), that's why it's reasonable to install those additional tools first:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essentail

and then:

$ sudo apt-get install g++-multilib g++-6-multilib gcc-6-doc libstdc++6-6-dbg

(those libraries require approximately 119 MB of free disk space in your system)

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Written by Administrator on Saturday May 9, 2020

How to remove (uninstall) Moria game in Devuan Linux?

In case you're not the biggest fan of Moria game, you can easily get rig of it in your Devuan Linux installatio by running a following command in terminal:

$ sudo apt purge moria

output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  moria*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
After this operation, 626 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 110562 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing moria (5.6.debian.1-2+b2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
(Reading database ... 110528 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for moria (5.6.debian.1-2+b2) ...

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Written by Administrator on Friday May 8, 2020

How to install CMAKE app in Devuan Linux

Building an application in Devuan Linux is very fast and easy with CMAKE application. CMAKE is a open-source and a cross-platform tool for managing the build process of every software using compiler-independent method.

To install CMAKE in Devuan linux you can run following command in your Devuan Linux terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake

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Written by Administrator on Friday May 8, 2020

How to install make app for building applications from source in Devuan Linux?

CMake is a tool to help you to manage the build process of software using a compilter. cmake is a platform independet and at the same time - an open-source . Installation of cmake app in Devuan Linux is very easy and fast:

$ sudo apt-get install make

output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  make-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  make
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
Need to get 302 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,240 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org//merged ascii/main amd64 make amd64 4.1-9.1 [302 kB]
Fetched 302 kB in 5s (53.7 kB/s)     
Selecting previously unselected package make.
(Reading database ... 107754 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../make_4.1-9.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking make (4.1-9.1) ...
Setting up make (4.1-9.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

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Written by Administrator on Friday May 8, 2020

How to remove (uninstall) Freesweep game in Devuan Linux [with screenshots]

Freesweep is a game designed especially to play in terminal and is an implemenetation of popular minesweeper game; originally was written in C programming language for Unix-liste systems. Freesweep is installed by default in Devuan Linux and if you are not a fan of this game and don't need it, just remove it from your system by running following command in terminal:

$ sudo apt purge freesweep

output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  freesweep*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
After this operation, 141 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 107763 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing freesweep (0.90-3+b1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
(Reading database ... 107753 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for freesweep (0.90-3+b1) ...

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Written by Administrator on Friday May 8, 2020