How To Install glhack on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install glhack on Kali Linux. glhack is Fullscreen SDL/OpenGL version of NetHack

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glhack on Kali Linux.

What is glhack

glhack is:

glHack is a port of the game NetHack, using hardware acceleration via OpenGL(R) to render the 2D tile graphics. It uses LibSDL as the video and input library. There is good support for software rendering (without OpenGL) as well.

glHack is just one of the many NetHack front-ends. Others include the original text-terminal (TTY) version, one for the X Window System, and one for GNOME called GnomeHack.

See the official NetHack website for complete information about the actual game.

There are three methods to install glhack 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 glhack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glhack

Install glhack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glhack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glhack

Install glhack 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 glhack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glhack

How To Uninstall glhack on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the glhack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glhack

Uninstall glhack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glhack

Remove glhack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge glhack

Remove glhack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glhack

Dependencies

glhack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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