How To Install zangband on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zangband

zangband is:

Zangband is a single-player, roguelike game, based on Angband. Like Angband, Zangband features unique foes, artifacts, monster pits and vaults. Additionally, Zangband offers a new spell system (life, sorcery, nature, chaos, death magic), a different monster list, speaking unique foes, rumours, warrants, new ego items, backstabbing from rogues, poisoned weapons, and much more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zangband

Install zangband Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zangband

Install zangband 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 zangband using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zangband

How To Uninstall zangband on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zangband

Uninstall zangband And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zangband

Remove zangband Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zangband

Remove zangband configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zangband

Dependencies

zangband have the following dependencies:

• zangband-data
• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtcl8.6
• libtinfo6
• libtk8.6
• libx11-6
• libxaw7
• libxext6
• libxt6

References

• zangband website

Summary

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