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So i'm new to Linux. I've installed some distros in the past, and always ended up switching back to Windows for gaming. Anyway, I don't play games as much as I used to, so I figured I'd give it another roll.
So today I have a buddy over, and I'm explaining to him some of the cool things about Linux. I was showing off apt-get, explaining it's a pretty cool and quick way to get software. He asks me "can you install minesweeper with it?" I say "Yeah sure probably".
A quick Google search showed me there was a Debian package called games-minesweeper. I installed it, and its dependencies, and then I literally spent 2 hours trying to find and run that package, and I still haven't been able to. My logical thinking process was as follows:
Let me try just typing the package name into the Terminal: failed: bash: games-minesweeper: command not found
Ok, let's see if there's a link on the desktop or in the application menu: no, there wasn't
Hmm, let me try to find it with "locate mine": nothing looking like Minesweeper found with that name
That's odd, let me get out of this terminal and try to search for it in the desktop file manager:
Mines & sgt-mines. This looks promising. I double click both files: "There was an error launching the application" & "Could not display sgt-mines"
Looks like sgt-mines is a library. Mines is probably the right file. Let's try installing the recommended dependencies for game-minesweeper (gnome-mines, and kmines) Did that: "There was an error launching the application"
Let me try launching that file from the terminal. I navigate to it in terminal and notice it has a .desktop extension. I enter the filenames including the .desktop extension: bash: sgt-mines.desktop: command not found
Hmm, what is a .desktop file? Google search. Oh it's a link. Where is the executable it's linking to? Let me examine the file contents with vim:
No file path? That is weird. Is this even the package I installed? I give up. I have no idea wtf I am doing. Advice?
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I don't have this problem.
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>>60907535
lol showoff
I'm on Kali. Maybe it's just useless for anything but network tools?
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>>60907513
Stay away from Linux. We are full.
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>>60907547
Kali is a poor distro as a daily driver. Ubuntu is great if you stick with LTS releases and want a stable system.
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>>60907547
Kali? See if it has a forum/documentation that can help. Probably not worth it to go to the trouble to get minesweeper, anyways.
You should probably get a normal distro like Fedora or Ubuntu.
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>>60907547
mm pretty much. don't use kali as a main OS, its closer to a tool than an everyday computing platform.
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>>60907547
>I'm on Kali.
Lets all point and laugh at this guy.
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>>60907547
Kali is for pentesting, installing it kills its purpose. You are supposed to run it live man, live... Why do people even think kali is a good idea to install??? Who told you kali is a desktop distro?
Please for Gods sake install an actual distro for desktop use.
>Yes I got buttblasted, you gave me nightmares of using a linux forum with skiddies running kali and asking for help.
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>>60907548
muh secret club!
retard get out
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Googled the package 'games-minesweeper'. Debian says it's a meta package. So all it does it install other packages. Try running xbomb or freesweep.
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>>60907547
>I'm on Kali.
Install Korora, Ubuntu, or Debian testing.
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>>60907575
Thanks guys. I picked Kali because even though I'm a noob with Linux, I have decent networking knowledge and I have been trying to aquire some pen testing skills. Figured scans and whatnot would be faster on an installed copy.
It's not a big deal, it's just minesweeper. I do find it odd though, that package managers will allow you to install packages that aren't compatible with your system.
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Looking at it again, it's a meta package with the only dependency being 'games-tasks'. xbomb and freesweep are only listed as recommended. Kali might not pull in recommended packages. The only description for games-tasks is "Debian Games tasks for tasksel" which is vague as fuck.
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>>60907513
Outdated pasta
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