How To Install freedoom on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 freedoom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freedoom

How To Uninstall freedoom on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedoom

Remove freedoom Configurations and Data

To remove freedoom configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• prboom-plus

References

• freedoom website

Summary

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