How To Install mess-desktop-entries on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mess-desktop-entries on Kali Linux.

What is mess-desktop-entries

mess-desktop-entries is:

This is a collection of desktop entries to handle ROM files for certain game consoles. They use the Multiple Emulator Super System (MESS) to start a game by simply double-clicking the ROM file from a file manager.

There are three methods to install mess-desktop-entries 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 mess-desktop-entries Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mess-desktop-entries

Install mess-desktop-entries Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mess-desktop-entries using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mess-desktop-entries

Install mess-desktop-entries 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 mess-desktop-entries using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mess-desktop-entries

How To Uninstall mess-desktop-entries on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mess-desktop-entries package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mess-desktop-entries

Uninstall mess-desktop-entries And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mess-desktop-entries

Remove mess-desktop-entries Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mess-desktop-entries

Remove mess-desktop-entries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mess-desktop-entries

Dependencies

mess-desktop-entries have the following dependencies:

• mame

References

• mess-desktop-entries website

Summary

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