How To Install instead on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install instead on Kali Linux. instead is Simple text adventures/visual novels engine

Introduction

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

What is instead

instead is:

INSTEAD – INterpreter of Simple TExt ADventure. Using INSTEAD you can create and play games that could be classified as a mix of visual novel and text quest.

Features:

  • Simple story source code (Lua-based script)
  • GUI interface that supports music and pictures
  • Theme support
  • Portability (INSTEAD depends on SDL and Lua)

Game repository: https://instead-hub.github.io/page/games/

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install instead

Install instead Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install instead

Install instead 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 instead using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install instead

How To Uninstall instead on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove instead

Uninstall instead And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove instead

Remove instead Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge instead

Remove instead configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge instead

Dependencies

instead have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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