How To Install gnubg-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnubg-data

gnubg-data is:

GNU Backgammon is a strong backgammon program (world-class with a bearoff database installed) usable either as an engine by other programs or as a standalone backgammon game.

This package contains the data files needed by GNU Backgammon (textures, sounds, locale information, neural network weights, and so forth).

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnubg-data

Install gnubg-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnubg-data

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnubg-data

How To Uninstall gnubg-data on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnubg-data

Uninstall gnubg-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubg-data

Remove gnubg-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnubg-data

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnubg-data have the following dependencies:

• fonts-dejavu-core

References

• gnubg-data website

Summary

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