How To Install freedoom on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedoom on Debian 10.
What is freedoom
freedoom is:
The Freedoom project aims to produce three base-game data files (IWADs) for Doom-compatible engines. With it comes the capability to also play the wide range of mods created for Doom by a vibrant community.
Freedoom: Phase 1 contains four chapters, nine levels each, to provide a smoothly-paced first person action game. In it is a wide variety of mazes and enemies to fight and challenge your reflexes.
Freedoom: Phase 2 is a 32-level game, expanding upon Phase 1 and adding a double-barrelled shotgun and more enemy types, along with even more brutal gameplay to really test your limits.
Freedoom: Phase 1 is fully compatible with The Ultimate Doom mods. Freedoom: Phase 2 is fully compatible with Doom II and Final Doom mods.
There are three methods to install freedoom on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freedoom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freedoom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freedoom
Install freedoom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freedoom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freedoom
Install freedoom 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 freedoom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freedoom
How To Uninstall freedoom on Debian 10
To uninstall only the freedoom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freedoom
Uninstall freedoom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freedoom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedoom
Remove freedoom Configurations and Data
To remove freedoom configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freedoom
Remove freedoom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freedoom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedoom
Dependencies
freedoom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedoom package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.