How To Install killbots on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install killbots on Debian 11. killbots is port of the classic BSD console game robots

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install killbots on Debian 11.

What is killbots

killbots is:

killbots is a simple game of evading killer robots. The robots are numerous and their sole objective is to destroy you. Fortunately for you, their creator has focused on quantity rather than quality and as a result the robots are severely lacking in intelligence. Your superior wit and a fancy teleportation device are your only weapons against the never-ending stream of mindless automatons.

This package is part of the KDE games module.

There are three methods to install killbots on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install killbots Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install killbots

Install killbots Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install killbots using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install killbots

Install killbots Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install killbots using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install killbots

How To Uninstall killbots on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove killbots

Uninstall killbots And Its Dependencies

To uninstall killbots and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove killbots

Remove killbots Configurations and Data

To remove killbots configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge killbots

Remove killbots configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove killbots configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge killbots

Dependencies

killbots have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install killbots package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.