How To Install alien-arena on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien-arena on Kali Linux. alien-arena is Standalone 3D first person online deathmatch shooter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien-arena on Kali Linux.

What is `alien-arena`

alien-arena is:

ALIEN ARENA is a standalone 3D first person online death-match shooter crafted
from the original source code of Quake II and Quake III, released by id
Software under the GPL license. With features including 32-bit graphics, a new
particle engine and effects, light blooms, reflective water, hi-resolution
textures and skins, and hi-poly models and stain maps, ALIEN ARENA pushes the
envelope of graphical beauty rivaling today’s top games.

This package installs the SDL client for Alien Arena.

There are three methods to install alien-arena 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 alien-arena Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alien-arena

Install alien-arena Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alien-arena

Install alien-arena 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 alien-arena using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alien-arena

How To Uninstall alien-arena on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the alien-arena package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alien-arena

Uninstall alien-arena And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alien-arena

Remove alien-arena Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge alien-arena

Remove alien-arena configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alien-arena

Dependencies

alien-arena have the following dependencies:

References

alien-arena website

Summary

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