How To Install xsoldier on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xsoldier

xsoldier is:

You control a space ship in a vertically scrolling window and shoot enemies. If you kill the boss enemy which appears at the end of each stage, or if you can survive till the boss enemy gets bored with you and escapes, you can go to the next stage.

xsoldier has a unique feature — the “not shooting” bonus. You can get a pretty good score by not pressing the shoot button. After all, if the game is a simple kill-everything and shooting is always a good thing, why do you have to press a shoot button? You can play xsoldier as a simple kill-everything (and it is the best way to survive), but if you care your score, you need to kill all enemies with a minimum number of bullets.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xsoldier

Install xsoldier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xsoldier

Install xsoldier 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 xsoldier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xsoldier

How To Uninstall xsoldier on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xsoldier

Uninstall xsoldier And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsoldier

Remove xsoldier Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xsoldier

Remove xsoldier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsoldier

Dependencies

xsoldier have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsdl-image1.2
• libsdl1.2debian

References

• xsoldier website

Summary

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