KSP On Kali?

[Miner 36]

Hi,

Im wondering if I can install ksp on kali (i need steam) becouse kali is a debian baced and practicly a skin of ubuntu with some different tools.

Im trying this tonight so i will post my result here.

Thanks, Mine 36 

 

[soulsource]

I'm not a Kali user, so I cannot tell with certainty if it's going to run. However, if you already have Steam installed, and did not disable the Steam Runtime, I do not see a reason why KSP shouldn't work... The Steam Runtime is basically a minimalist Linux distribution replacing most of your own distribution's shared libraries for Steam games... Also, KSP is using Unity, and the Unity Player executable is mostly statically linked, making it rather distribution-agnostic.

(Btw: I'm playing the KSP Store version on Gentoo Linux, and it's running perfectly fine.)

[steve_v]

8 hours ago, Miner 36 said:

kali is a debian baced and practicly a skin of ubuntu with some different tools.

Wrong on so very many levels...

From the horse's mouth:

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Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended distribution if you’re unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc.

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Trying to install Steam on your Kali Linux desktop is an experiment that will not end well.

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if you want a distro that you can use as a general purpose desktop installation, Kali Linux is probably not what you are looking for.

Kali is not Debian. Kali is most certainly not a "skin of Ubuntu". Kali is not a general purpose desktop distribution, and you will have problems if you try to use it as one. Running Kali does not make you cool.

Do yourself a favour, if you are not a professional penetration tester, use a different distro. If you are a professional pen-tester, run Kali from live media when you need it, not as your primary OS.

When I was active over on FDN, we regularly laughed at the wannabe 1337 haxx0rs running Kali desktops. You won't get support there, you won't get support on the Ubuntu forums. You will get laughed at on the Kali forum as soon as they realise you're trying to play games on it, and they'll figure that out very quickly.

KSP might run on Kali. Steam might run on Kali. Trying either is an ill-considered experiment at best, and a shortcut to a completely borked install at worst.
Installing any kind of game or third-party application is both completely unsupported and actively discouraged by the Kali Linux developers.

 

1 hour ago, soulsource said:

(Btw: I'm playing the KSP Store version on Gentoo Linux, and it's running perfectly fine.)

So am I... But this dude "needs steam".  KSP itself will likely run, sure, but installing Steam on Kali is a completely different kettle of fish. If he already has Steam installed, then chances are good that he added external repos and that install will break horribly, sooner rather than later. Kali makes zero effort to stay compatible with upstream Debian.

Edited June 27, 2020 by steve_v

[soulsource]

1 hour ago, steve_v said:

Wrong on so very many levels...

From the horse's mouth:

Kali is not Debian. Kali is most certainly not a "skin of Ubuntu". Kali is not a general purpose desktop distribution, and you will have problems if you try to use it as one. Running Kali does not make you cool.

Do yourself a favour, if you are not a professional penetration tester, use a different distro. If you are a professional pen-tester, run Kali from live media when you need it, not as your primary OS.

When I was active over on FDN, we regularly laughed at the wannabe 1337 haxx0rs running Kali desktops. You won't get support there, you won't get support on the Ubuntu forums. You will get laughed at on the Kali forum as soon as they realise you're trying to play games on it, and they'll figure that out very quickly.

KSP might run on Kali. Steam might run on Kali. Trying either is an ill-considered experiment at best, and a shortcut to a completely borked install at worst.
Installing any kind of game or third-party application is both completely unsupported and actively discouraged by the Kali Linux developers.

 

So am I... But this dude "needs steam".  KSP itself will likely run, sure, but installing Steam on Kali is a completely different kettle of fish. If he already has Steam installed, then chances are good that he added external repos and that install will break horribly, sooner rather than later. Kali makes zero effort to stay compatible with upstream Debian.

I agree with everything you say, and my answer was really for the very specific case that Steam is already installed and running, along with the Steam Runtime.

 To be honest, I had already typed the question why one would even want to play games on Kali, but then decided against posting it because I didn't want to start that discussion yet again... Had it too often already...

[steve_v]

18 minutes ago, soulsource said:

my answer was really for the very specific case that Steam is already installed and running, along with the Steam Runtime.

Fair enough, and quite correct. So much so that I quoted you just to make it clear that I was addressing getting steam installed as the main problem.

18 minutes ago, soulsource said:

I had already typed the question why one would even want to play games on Kali, but then decided against posting it because I didn't want to start that discussion yet again...

I know, I know. I really should do the same. I've just wasted so much time on people in the past only to discover that they've been running franken-Kali the whole time... It kinda tweaks my brain every time I see a question like this.

The language in the OP screams noob, I can't help but treat steering them away from Kali Linux as a service to the general sanity of the GNU/Linux community.

Ed. Do you go by @soulsource over on the Gentoo forum too? Just curious...

Edited June 27, 2020 by steve_v

[soulsource]

8 hours ago, steve_v said:

Ed. Do you go by @soulsource over on the Gentoo forum too? Just curious...

Yes, but I'm not very active there.