How To Install lutris on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lutris on Kali Linux. lutris is open source gaming platform

Introduction

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

What is lutris

lutris is:

Lutris goal is to make gaming on Linux as easy as possible by taking care of installing and setting up the game for the user. The only thing you have to do is play the game. It aims to support every game that is playable on Linux.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lutris

Install lutris Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lutris

Install lutris 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 lutris using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lutris

How To Uninstall lutris on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lutris

Uninstall lutris And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lutris

Remove lutris Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lutris

Remove lutris configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lutris

Dependencies

lutris have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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