How To Install endless-sky on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install endless-sky on Kali Linux. endless-sky is space exploration and combat game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install endless-sky on Kali Linux.

What is endless-sky

endless-sky is:

Endless sky is a 2D space exploration game with action, strategy, and role playing elements.

Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers, or completing missions. Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow up pirates. Take sides in a civil war. Or leave human space behind and hope to find some friendly aliens whose culture is more civilized than your own…

Endless Sky requires OpenGL 3.0 or higher.

There are three methods to install endless-sky 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 endless-sky Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install endless-sky

Install endless-sky Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install endless-sky

Install endless-sky 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 endless-sky using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install endless-sky

How To Uninstall endless-sky on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the endless-sky package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove endless-sky

Uninstall endless-sky And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove endless-sky

Remove endless-sky Configurations and Data

To remove endless-sky configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge endless-sky

Remove endless-sky configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge endless-sky

Dependencies

endless-sky have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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