How To Install games-console on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is games-console

games-console is:

This metapackage will install text console games designed to be used via a text-only computer interface, such as a text terminal.

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-console

Install games-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-console

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

sudo aptitude -y install games-console

How To Uninstall games-console on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove games-console

Uninstall games-console And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-console

Remove games-console Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-console

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

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

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

Dependencies

games-console have the following dependencies:

• games-tasks

References

• games-console website

Summary

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