How To Install dreamchess on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dreamchess on Kali Linux.
What is dreamchess
dreamchess is:
DreamChess features 3D OpenGL graphics and provides various chess board sets, ranging from classic wooden to flat.
A moderately strong chess engine is included: Dreamer. However, should this engine be too weak for you, then you can use any other XBoard-compatible chess engine, including the popular Crafty and GNU Chess.
Other features include on-screen move lists using SAN notation, undo functionality, and savegames in PGN format.
There are three methods to install dreamchess 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 dreamchess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dreamchess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dreamchessInstall dreamchess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dreamchess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dreamchessInstall dreamchess 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dreamchess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dreamchessHow To Uninstall dreamchess on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dreamchess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dreamchessUninstall dreamchess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dreamchess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dreamchessRemove dreamchess Configurations and Data
To remove dreamchess configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dreamchessRemove dreamchess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dreamchess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dreamchessDependencies
dreamchess have the following dependencies:
- dreamchess-data
- libc6
- libexpat1
- libgl1
- libglew2.1
- libglu1-mesa
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-image-2.0-0
- libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dreamchess package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.