How To Install lgeneral on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lgeneral

lgeneral is:

LGeneral is a turn-based strategy game heavily inspired by Panzer General. You play single scenarios or whole campaigns turn by turn against a human player or the AI.

Entrenchment, rugged defense, defensive fire, surprise contacts, surrender, unit supply, weather influence, reinforcements and other implementations contribute to the tactical and strategic depth of the game.

This is the game engine only. LGeneral requires lgeneral-data or lgc-pg, which converts the game data of the original Panzer General game, to function properly.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lgeneral

Install lgeneral Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lgeneral

Install lgeneral 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 lgeneral using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lgeneral

How To Uninstall lgeneral on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lgeneral

Uninstall lgeneral And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lgeneral

Remove lgeneral Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lgeneral

Remove lgeneral configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lgeneral

Dependencies

lgeneral have the following dependencies:

• lgc-pg
• lgeneral-data
• libc6
• libsdl-mixer1.2
• libsdl1.2debian

References

• lgeneral website

Summary

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