How To Install darkplaces on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkplaces on Kali Linux.
What is darkplaces
darkplaces is:
DarkPlaces is a graphically-intensive engine for Quake and related games, with improved visual effects and lighting and many features for mods. It can be used to play various games based on the Quake engine, such as Xonotic, Nexuiz Classic, OpenQuartz, and Quake itself.
This is the client version of the engine, with a SDL GUI. It requires a graphics driver supporting at least OpenGL 3.2 or OpenGL ES 2.0.
This engine isn’t useful without game data: to get a playable game, install nexuiz or another suitable set of game data. It is typically used via a script that launches it with a particular data set, such as the ones found in the “quake” and “nexuiz” packages.
There are three methods to install darkplaces 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 darkplaces Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darkplaces using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install darkplacesInstall darkplaces Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darkplaces using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install darkplacesInstall darkplaces 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darkplaces using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install darkplacesHow To Uninstall darkplaces on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the darkplaces package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove darkplacesUninstall darkplaces And Its Dependencies
To uninstall darkplaces and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkplacesRemove darkplaces Configurations and Data
To remove darkplaces configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge darkplacesRemove darkplaces configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove darkplaces configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkplacesDependencies
darkplaces have the following dependencies:
- libgl1
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfreetype6
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libode8
- libogg0
- libpng16-16
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libtheora0
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisenc2
- libvorbisfile3
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install darkplaces package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
