How To Install kdegames on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kdegames

kdegames is:

KDE is produced by an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE’s products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.

This metapackage includes a collection of games provided with the official release of KDE.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kdegames

Install kdegames Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kdegames

Install kdegames 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 kdegames using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdegames

How To Uninstall kdegames on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kdegames

Uninstall kdegames And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdegames

Remove kdegames Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kdegames

Remove kdegames configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdegames

Dependencies

kdegames have the following dependencies:

• bomber

References

• kdegames website

Summary

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