In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Lila which is an open-source chess server developed by lichess.org on Kali Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Before we start installing Lila, it is important to update and upgrade system packages to their latest versions by using the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
The -y option is used to avoid questions during the upgrade process.
Next, we need to install some required packages before we can proceed with the installation of Lila. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install -y git default-jre default-jdk make
This command installs Git, Java Runtime Environment, Java Development Kit, and Make which will be required for building the Lila project.
After the packages have been installed, you can proceed to clone the Lila repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ornicar/lila.git
Once the repository is cloned, you will have a directory named lila in your current working directory.
Now that we have cloned the Lila repository, we can proceed to build it. Navigate to the lila directory using the following command:
cd lila
Once in the lila directory, execute the following command:
make
The make command will download all required dependencies and build Lila.
After Lila is built successfully using the make command, we can start the Lila server by running the following command:
make start
This command will start the Lila server and after a few seconds, Lila will be accessible via http://localhost:9000 on your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Lila on Kali Linux. You now have a fully functional instance of Lila up and running on your Kali Linux system.
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