How To Install rolldice on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rolldice

rolldice is:

rolldice is a virtual dice roller that takes a string on the command line in the format of some fantasy role playing games like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons [1] and returns the result of the dice rolls.

[1] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is a registered trademark of TSR, Inc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rolldice

Install rolldice Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rolldice

Install rolldice 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 rolldice using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rolldice

How To Uninstall rolldice on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rolldice

Uninstall rolldice And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rolldice

Remove rolldice Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rolldice

Remove rolldice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rolldice

Dependencies

rolldice have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libreadline8

References

• rolldice website

Summary

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