How To Install tiled on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tiled on Kali Linux. tiled is general purpose tile map editor

Introduction

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

What is tiled

tiled is:

Tiled is a general purpose tile map editor. It’s built to be easy to use, yet capable of catering to a host of varying game engines, whether your game is an RPG, platformer or Breakout clone. Tiled supports plugins to read and write map formats, in addition to its map format, to support map formats in use by engines.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tiled

Install tiled Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tiled

Install tiled 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 tiled using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tiled

How To Uninstall tiled on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tiled

Uninstall tiled And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tiled

Remove tiled Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tiled

Remove tiled configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tiled

Dependencies

tiled have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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