How To Install scummvm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm
on Kali Linux.
What is scummvm
scummvm is:
ScummVM is a `virtual machine’ for several classic graphical point-and-click adventure games. It is designed to run Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky, and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. See the official compatibility list at http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php for a full list of supported games.
The game data of four games compatible with ScummVM is included in Debian. These are:
- Beneath a Steel Sky (package: beneath-a-steel-sky)
- Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back (package: drascula)
- Flight of the Amazon Queen (package: flight-of-the-amazon-queen)
- Lure of the Temptress (package: lure-of-the-temptress)
To actually make use of ScummVM, you’ll have to install one of these, or obtain the proprietary game data for another supported game from somewhere else.
There are three methods to install scummvm
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 scummvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install scummvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm
using apt
by running the following command:
Install scummvm 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.
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall scummvm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the scummvm
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall scummvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scummvm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove scummvm Configurations and Data
To remove scummvm
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove scummvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scummvm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
scummvm have the following dependencies:
- liba52-0.7.4
- libasound2
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfaad2
- libflac8
- libfluidsynth2
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libieee1284-3
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libmad0
- libmpeg2-4
- libogg0
- libpng16-16
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-net-2.0-0
- libsndio7.0
- libspeechd2
- libstdc++6
- libtheora0
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisfile3
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.