How To Install crafty on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is crafty

crafty is:

Crafty is the strong chess program played on ICC. It uses all of the search algorithms you have probably read about and performs better than gnu-chess in most positions. It has a reasonable set of features to use, and offers a great starting point to try your own new search extensions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crafty

Install crafty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crafty

Install crafty 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 crafty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crafty

How To Uninstall crafty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove crafty

Uninstall crafty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crafty

Remove crafty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge crafty

Remove crafty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crafty

Dependencies

crafty have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnuma1
• libstdc++6

References

• crafty website

Summary

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