How To Install games-arcade on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-arcade on Kali Linux.

What is games-arcade

games-arcade is:

This metapackage will install arcade games.

There are three methods to install games-arcade 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 games-arcade Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-arcade

Install games-arcade Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-arcade

Install games-arcade 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 games-arcade using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install games-arcade

How To Uninstall games-arcade on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the games-arcade package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove games-arcade

Uninstall games-arcade And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-arcade

Remove games-arcade Configurations and Data

To remove games-arcade configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge games-arcade

Remove games-arcade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-arcade

Dependencies

games-arcade have the following dependencies:

• games-tasks

References

• games-arcade website

Summary

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