How To Install scid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scid

scid is:

Shane’s Chess Information Database is a chess database application with a graphical user interface. You can browse databases of chess games, edit them and search for games by various criteria. Scid uses its own compact and fast database format, but can convert to and from PGN. Its also possible to play live on the internet and practice tactical knowledge.

This package contains the main program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scid

Install scid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scid

Install scid 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 scid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scid

How To Uninstall scid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scid

Uninstall scid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scid

Remove scid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scid

Remove scid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scid

Dependencies

scid have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6
• libtcl8.6
• scid-data

References

• scid website

Summary

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