How To Install darkplaces-server on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install darkplaces-server on Kali Linux. darkplaces-server is Standalone server for Quake-based games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install darkplaces-server on Kali Linux.

What is darkplaces-server

darkplaces-server 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 dedicated server version, with no GUI.

This engine isn’t useful without game data: to get a usable server, 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-server” and “nexuiz-server” packages.

There are three methods to install darkplaces-server 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-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 darkplaces-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install darkplaces-server

Install darkplaces-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install darkplaces-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install darkplaces-server

Install darkplaces-server 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install darkplaces-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install darkplaces-server

How To Uninstall darkplaces-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the darkplaces-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove darkplaces-server

Uninstall darkplaces-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall darkplaces-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkplaces-server

Remove darkplaces-server Configurations and Data

To remove darkplaces-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge darkplaces-server

Remove darkplaces-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove darkplaces-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkplaces-server

Dependencies

darkplaces-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install darkplaces-server package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.