How To Install ezquake on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ezquake on Debian 9.
What is ezquake
ezquake is:
ezQuake is a modern QuakeWorld engine. It adds many useful features like modern graphics, QuakeTV support, mp3 playback, multi-monitor support, a built-in server browser, and many features serving the needs of competitive Quake gamers.
QuakeWorld itelf is a variant of the Quake engine designed specifically for online gameplay.
This package contains no data files. To use it, you will need either the commercial Quake 1 data, the shareware data (game-data-packager can be helpful), or free game data files such as OpenQuartz.
There are three methods to install ezquake on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ezquake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ezquake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ezquake
Install ezquake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ezquake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ezquake
Install ezquake 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 ezquake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ezquake
How To Uninstall ezquake on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ezquake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ezquake
Uninstall ezquake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ezquake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ezquake
Remove ezquake Configurations and Data
To remove ezquake configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ezquake
Remove ezquake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ezquake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ezquake
Dependencies
ezquake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ezquake package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.