How To Install games-chess on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is games-chess

games-chess is:

This metapackage will install chess games and helper tools.

There are three methods to install games-chess 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-chess 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-chess using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install games-chess

Install games-chess Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-chess

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

sudo aptitude -y install games-chess

How To Uninstall games-chess on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove games-chess

Uninstall games-chess And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-chess

Remove games-chess Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-chess

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

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

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

Dependencies

games-chess have the following dependencies:

• games-tasks

References

• games-chess website

Summary

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