How To Install exult on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is exult

exult is:

Exult is an open source engine for playing Ultima VII on a variety of modern operating systems and environments. The Black Gate (including Forge of Virtue) and Serpent Isle (plus Silver Seed) are both playable to the end. Some differences to the original games exist; see sections 5.3/5.4 of the FAQ.

While it is possible to use the engine for other games, no such game has been written yet. Therefore, Exult is useless unless you own a copy of one of the Ultima VIIs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install exult

Install exult Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install exult

Install exult 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 exult using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exult

How To Uninstall exult on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove exult

Uninstall exult And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exult

Remove exult Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge exult

Remove exult configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exult

Dependencies

exult have the following dependencies:

• libasound2
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libsdl2-2.0-0
• libstdc++6
• libvorbisfile3
• zlib1g

References

• exult website

Summary

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