How to install Tanglet on Ubuntu 17.04

How to install Tanglet on Ubuntu 17.04

The Tanglet is a open source word finding game that contains a single player and it is based on Boggle. The objective of the game is to find out as many words as the user can find before the time runs out. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Tanglet on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, add the repo by executing the following command in the target system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
Ubuntu packages for http://gottcode.org/
More info: https://launchpad.net/~gottcode/+archive/ubuntu/gcppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmpk7geujb_/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmpk7geujb_/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4B6DCB2258043CFF: public key " Launchpad PPA for Graeme Gott"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Update the repo by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]                
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                                      
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease                             
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease                           
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [2,712 B]       
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [2,712 B]      
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gottcode/gcppa/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [2,540 B]      
Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease                              
Fetched 23.4 kB in 2min 0s (193 B/s)                
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated. Now install the tanglet package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install tanglet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  tanglet-data
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tanglet tanglet-data
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,892 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,222 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...

Once the package is installed. Open the Ubuntu dashboard and type the tanglet package name. Click on the icon to run the application.

Wasn' t this an easy installation procedure? Tanglet also supports online game from any device such as Chromebook, laptop, tablet and even smartphone.