How To Install ezquake on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ezquake on Kali Linux. ezquake is modern QuakeWorld client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ezquake on Kali Linux.

What is ezquake

ezquake is:

ezQuake is a modern QuakeWorld engine. It adds many useful features like modern graphics, QuakeTV support, multi-monitor support, a built-in server browser, and many features serving the nedes 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 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 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 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 ezquake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ezquake

How To Uninstall ezquake on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ezquake

Remove ezquake Configurations and Data

To remove ezquake configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.