How To Install gnome-games on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnome-games

gnome-games is:

These are the games from the official GNOME release. They have the look and feel of the GNOME desktop, but can be used without it.

Games are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-games

Install gnome-games Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-games

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-games

How To Uninstall gnome-games on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-games

Uninstall gnome-games And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-games

Remove gnome-games Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-games

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-games have the following dependencies:

• five-or-more

References

• gnome-games website

Summary

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