How To Install vdr-plugin-games on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-games on Kali Linux. vdr-plugin-games is VDR plugin providing OSD games like tetris, snake and more

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-games on Kali Linux.

What is vdr-plugin-games

vdr-plugin-games is:

This plugin for VDR allows one to play Tetris, TicTacToe, Tron and Snake via VDR’s OSD (On Screen Display).

There are three methods to install vdr-plugin-games on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vdr-plugin-games Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-games using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-plugin-games

Install vdr-plugin-games Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-games using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdr-plugin-games

Install vdr-plugin-games Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vdr-plugin-games using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdr-plugin-games

How To Uninstall vdr-plugin-games on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vdr-plugin-games package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdr-plugin-games

Uninstall vdr-plugin-games And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vdr-plugin-games and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdr-plugin-games

Remove vdr-plugin-games Configurations and Data

To remove vdr-plugin-games configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdr-plugin-games

Remove vdr-plugin-games configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vdr-plugin-games configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdr-plugin-games

Dependencies

vdr-plugin-games have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdr-plugin-games package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.