How To Install gnome-chess on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-chess on Kali Linux. gnome-chess is simple chess game

Introduction

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

What is gnome-chess

gnome-chess is:

This is the chess game from the GNOME desktop. It allows one to play with most existing chess engines, or against a human opponent.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-chess

Install gnome-chess Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-chess

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-chess

How To Uninstall gnome-chess on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-chess

Uninstall gnome-chess And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-chess

Remove gnome-chess Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-chess

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-chess have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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