How To Install bzflag on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzflag on Kali Linux.

What is bzflag

bzflag is:

BZFlag is a 3D multi-player multiplatform tank battle game that allows users to play against each other in a network environment. There are five teams: red, green, blue, purple and rogue (rogue tanks are black). Destroying a player on another team scores a win, while being destroyed or destroying a teammate scores a loss. Rogues have no teammates (not even other rogues), so they cannot shoot teammates and they do not have a team score.

There are two main styles of play: capture-the-flag and free-for-all. In capture-the-flag, each team (except rogues) has a team base and each team with at least one player has a team flag. The object is to capture an enemy team’s flag by bringing it to your team’s base. This destroys every player on the captured team, subtracts one from that team’s score, and adds one to your team’s score. In free-for-all, there are no team flags or team bases. The object is simply to get as high a score as possible.

This metapackage installs both the client and the server, as well as generic documentation files concerning the bzflag community, contributing to bzflag, etc.

There are three methods to install bzflag 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 bzflag Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bzflag

Install bzflag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bzflag

Install bzflag 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 bzflag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bzflag

How To Uninstall bzflag on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bzflag

Uninstall bzflag And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzflag

Remove bzflag Configurations and Data

To remove bzflag configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bzflag

Remove bzflag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzflag

Dependencies

bzflag have the following dependencies:

• bzflag-client
• bzflag-server

References

• bzflag website

Summary

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