How To Install chess.app on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install chess.app on Kali Linux. chess.app is Chess for GNUstep ported from OPENSTEP

Introduction

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

What is chess.app

chess.app is:

This is a Chess frontend for GNU chess.

There are three methods to install chess.app 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 chess.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install chess.app

Install chess.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install chess.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chess.app

Install chess.app 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 chess.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chess.app

How To Uninstall chess.app on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the chess.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chess.app

Uninstall chess.app And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chess.app

Remove chess.app Configurations and Data

To remove chess.app configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chess.app

Remove chess.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chess.app

Dependencies

chess.app have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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