How To Install games-platform on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is games-platform

games-platform is:

This metapackage will install platform games.

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-platform

Install games-platform Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-platform

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

sudo aptitude -y install games-platform

How To Uninstall games-platform on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove games-platform

Uninstall games-platform And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-platform

Remove games-platform Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge games-platform

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

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

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

Dependencies

games-platform have the following dependencies:

• games-tasks

References

• games-platform website

Summary

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