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Install Bomber on Linux Mint 20 - Step by step guide ?

Bomber is a fun-filled arcade game designed for a single player. In this game, the player is supposed to invade several buildings by bombing them while hovering over them in a plane. As soon as the player progresses in this game, the speed of the plane, as well as the height of the buildings, keep increasing hence adding more to the difficulty level of the game.

Here at Ibmi Media, as part of our Server Management Services, we regularly help our Customers to perform related Linux system Software installation queries.

In this context, we shall look into how to install the Bomber game on a Linux Mint 20 system.


Steps to install Bomber on Linux Mint 20

1. Perform System Update

To begin, make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt commands in the terminal:

$ sudo apt update


2. Install bomber on the system

Bomber is available on the snap store. So, you need to enable snapd on the system to enable you complete the installation.

On Linux Mint 20, /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref needs to be removed before Snap can be installed. This can be accomplished from the command line:

$ sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref
$ sudo apt update

Next, install snap from the Software Manager application, search for snapd and click Install.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install snapd

Now, to install bomber, simply use the following command:

$ sudo snap install bomber

Once all the required snaps for the Bomber game will be installed on your system, you will be able to see its version on the terminal.


How to launch the Bomber Game on Linux Mint 20 ?

After installing the Bomber game on a Linux Mint 20 system, you can launch it from the terminal by hitting the Enter key after typing the below command:

$ bomber

Now you will see the "Welcome to Bomber" page where you can start playing this game.


How to uninstall Bomber from Linux Mint 20 ?

If you wish to uninstall the Bomber game at any time from your system, then you will need to execute the below command:

$ sudo snap remove bomber


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Conclusion

This article covers how to install the Bomber game on a Linux Mint 20 system. In fact, Bomber is a game where you fly a spaceship and attempt to bomb the buildings below you. Each pass the spaceship makes, it gets lower and lower. If you’ve not destroyed a building in your path, you will crash into it.


How to Install bomber Using apt on Debian Linux system ?

1. Update apt database with apt using the following command:

$ sudo apt update

2. After updating apt database, We can install bomber using apt by running the following command:

$ sudo apt -y install bomber


How To Uninstall bomber on debian ?

To uninstall only the bomber package we can use the following command:

$ sudo apt-get remove bomber