How To Install torcs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is torcs

torcs is:

TORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator, is a car racing simulation game which allows you to drive in races against opponents simulated by the computer.

You can also develop your own computer-controlled driver (also called a robot) in C or C++.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install torcs

Install torcs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install torcs

Install torcs 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 torcs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install torcs

How To Uninstall torcs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove torcs

Uninstall torcs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove torcs

Remove torcs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge torcs

Remove torcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge torcs

Dependencies

torcs have the following dependencies:

• torcs-data
• freeglut3
• libalut0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgl1
• libglu1-mesa
• libopenal1
• libplib1
• libpng16-16
• libstdc++6
• libvorbisfile3
• libxrandr2

References

• torcs website

Summary

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