How To Install nethack-console on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-console on Kali Linux. nethack-console is dungeon crawl game - text-based interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nethack-console on Kali Linux.

What is nethack-console

nethack-console is:

NetHack is a wonderfully silly, yet quite addictive, Dungeons & Dragons-style adventure game. You play a character from one of many classes (such as wizard, ranger, or tourist), fighting your way down to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor (try saying THAT one backwards!) for your god. On the way, you might encounter a quantum mechanic or two, or perhaps King Arthur, or - if you’re REALLY lucky - the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

You should install a front-end for NetHack if you wish to play the game. Each of them includes the original non-graphical version, and they can all be installed at the same time:

  • nethack-console: no graphics, just plain NetHack;
  • nethack-x11 : original X11/Athena-based graphical version;
  • nethack-qt : Qt version.

This package provides the plain console version of NetHack.

There are three methods to install nethack-console 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 nethack-console Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nethack-console

Install nethack-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nethack-console

Install nethack-console 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 nethack-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nethack-console

How To Uninstall nethack-console on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nethack-console package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nethack-console

Uninstall nethack-console And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nethack-console

Remove nethack-console Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nethack-console

Remove nethack-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nethack-console

Dependencies

nethack-console have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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