How To Install Moria on Ubuntu 16.04

To Install Moria on Ubuntu 16.04

Moria is a rogue-like computer game designed based on J. R. R. Tolkien' s novel The Lord of the Rings. Installing Moria may seem hard, but it isn' t. Let us see the installation of Moria on Ubuntu in this article.

Installing Moria

Before initiating the installation, make sure that the universe repository is enabled by inspecting ' /etc/apt/sources.list' with your favourite editor. Use sudo to ensure you have permissions to edit the file.

user1@linuxhelpubnt:~$ sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

In case universe is not included, modify the file by adding the following line.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main universe

Once it is added, save and quit from the file by :wq

Once all the changes are made, update your system by running the following command.

user1@linuxhelpubnt:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]     
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,201 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB]                                   
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [568 kB]                                    
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [733 kB]                             
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [409 kB]                                
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages [7,532 kB]                             
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages [7,512 kB]                              
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe Translation-en [4,354 kB]                             
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,410 kB]                      
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [7,448 kB]                         
Fetched 34.6 MB in 2min 49s (204 kB/s)                                                                           
Reading package lists... Done

All is set for the installation of Moria, just run the following command to install Moria and its dependent packages.

user1@linuxhelpubnt:~$ sudo apt-get install moria
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  moria
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 93 not upgraded.
Need to get 270 kB of archives.
After this operation, 578 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 moria amd64 5.6.debian.1-2build1 [270 kB]
Fetched 270 kB in 1s (239 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package moria.
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Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up moria (5.6.debian.1-2build1) ...

Moria has been installed, open the Ubuntu dash and type moria to launch it.

Wasn' t it an easy installation? If you like command based Linux games, you may like Moria game. The objective of the game is to kill the character Barlog. The gamer can choose a from a range of races, and the game is won when the character Barlog is killed. Enjoy and have fun playing Moria.