How To Install gearhead-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gearhead-data on Kali Linux.

What is gearhead-data

gearhead-data is:

A century and a half ago the Earth was nearly destroyed by nuclear war. Now, a federation of free city-states has begun to restore civilization. However, there are forces operating in the darkness which will unleash the horrors of the past age in a bid to determine the future of the human race.

Features of the game include random storyline generation, richly detailed character generation, complex NPC interaction, and of course over 150 different mechanical designs ranging from jet fighters to giant robots to city-smashing tanks.

These are the common files for gearhead.

There are three methods to install gearhead-data 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 gearhead-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gearhead-data

Install gearhead-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gearhead-data

Install gearhead-data 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 gearhead-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gearhead-data

How To Uninstall gearhead-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gearhead-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gearhead-data

Uninstall gearhead-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gearhead-data

Remove gearhead-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gearhead-data

Remove gearhead-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gearhead-data

Dependencies

gearhead-data have the following dependencies:

• ttf-bitstream-vera

References

• gearhead-data website

Summary

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