How To Install pingus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pingus

pingus is:

Pingus is a free clone of the popular Lemmings game.

Your goal is to guide a horde of penguins through a world full of obstacles and penguin traps to safety. Although penguins (unlike lemmings) are rather smart, they sometimes lack the necessary overview and now rely on you to save them.

This package contains the main program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pingus

Install pingus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pingus

Install pingus 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 pingus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pingus

How To Uninstall pingus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pingus

Uninstall pingus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pingus

Remove pingus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pingus

Remove pingus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pingus

Dependencies

pingus have the following dependencies:

• pingus-data
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgl1
• libpng16-16
• libsdl-image1.2
• libsdl-mixer1.2
• libsdl1.2debian
• libstdc++6

References

• pingus website

Summary

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