How To Install opentyrian on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is opentyrian

opentyrian is:

Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The story is set in 20,031 where you play as Trent Hawkins, a skilled fighter-pilot employed to fight Microsol and save the galaxy.

This package needs game data from the original Tyrian game, which is available as a freeware. It can be installed using game-data-packager.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opentyrian

Install opentyrian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opentyrian

Install opentyrian 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 opentyrian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opentyrian

How To Uninstall opentyrian on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove opentyrian

Uninstall opentyrian And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opentyrian

Remove opentyrian Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge opentyrian

Remove opentyrian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opentyrian

Dependencies

opentyrian have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsdl-net1.2
• libsdl1.2debian
• tyrian-data

References

• opentyrian website

Summary

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