How To Install prboom-plus-game-server on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus-game-server on Debian 12.
What is prboom-plus-game-server
prboom-plus-game-server is:
This package is a dummy package to enable the prboom-plus-game-server to dsda-doom transition. It can be safely removed.
DSDA-Doom has abandoned network gaming. A Boom-compatible Doom port with network gaming support compatible to the Chocolate family of ports can be found in the woof-doom package.
There are three methods to install prboom-plus-game-server on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install prboom-plus-game-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus-game-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prboom-plus-game-server
Install prboom-plus-game-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus-game-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prboom-plus-game-server
Install prboom-plus-game-server Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus-game-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prboom-plus-game-server
How To Uninstall prboom-plus-game-server on Debian 12
To uninstall only the prboom-plus-game-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prboom-plus-game-server
Uninstall prboom-plus-game-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prboom-plus-game-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prboom-plus-game-server
Remove prboom-plus-game-server Configurations and Data
To remove prboom-plus-game-server configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prboom-plus-game-server
Remove prboom-plus-game-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prboom-plus-game-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prboom-plus-game-server
Dependencies
prboom-plus-game-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus-game-server package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
