How To Install tinymux on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tinymux

tinymux is:

This is the TinyMUX flavor of mud servers of the MUSH branch. It provides a number of robust features to enable players to extend the virtual world. This is done by building new rooms and objects, and utilizing its internal programming language, MUSHcode.

TinyMUX does not provide a superset of all the features available in other MUSH flavors, but those it does implement provide a stable and robust environment that performs as well or better than that of its peers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tinymux

Install tinymux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tinymux

Install tinymux 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 tinymux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tinymux

How To Uninstall tinymux on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tinymux

Uninstall tinymux And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinymux

Remove tinymux Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tinymux

Remove tinymux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinymux

Dependencies

tinymux have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• tinymux website

Summary

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