How To Install game-data-packager on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install game-data-packager on Ubuntu 18.04. game-data-packager is Installer for game data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install game-data-packager on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is game-data-packager

game-data-packager is:

Various games are divided into two logical parts: engine and data. Often the engine and data are licensed in different ways, such that the engine can be distributed in Debian but the data cannot.

game-data-packager is a tool which builds .deb files for game data which cannot be distributed in Debian (such as commercial game data).

At the moment, game-data-packager has support for building .deb files for:

  • 3 Skulls of the Toltecs
  • A Mind Forever Voyaging
  • Amazon: Guardians of Eden
  • Arthur: the Quest for Excalibur
  • Arx Fatalis
  • Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2
  • Ballyhoo
  • Bargon Attack
  • Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity
  • The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
  • The Black Cauldron
  • Blake Stone and Planet Strike
  • Blue Force
  • Border Zone
  • Castle of Dr. Brain and The Island of Dr. Brain
  • Broken Sword
  • Bureaucracy
  • Chex Quest and Chex Quest 2
  • Chivalry is Not Dead
  • Codename: ICEMAN
  • Commander Keen 4 to 6
  • Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
  • Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
  • Cruise for a Corpse
  • Cutthroats
  • Deadline
  • Descent 1 and 2
  • The Dig
  • Discworld 1 and 2
  • Doom, The Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, The Master Levels for Doom 2, Final Doom
  • Doom 3 and BFG Edition
  • Dračí Historie
  • Dreamweb
  • Duke Nukem 3D
  • Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis
  • EcoQuest 1 and 2
  • The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
  • Elvira 1 and 2
  • Enchanter
  • Enclosure
  • Eye of the Beholder 1 and 2
  • The Feeble Files
  • Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
  • Freespace 2
  • Full Throttle
  • Future War (Les Voyageurs du Temps)
  • Gobliiins 1, 2 and 3
  • Gold Rush!
  • Grim Fandango
  • HacX
  • Hank’s Quest
  • Heretic, Hexen and Hexen 2
  • Heroes of Might & Magic 3
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • Hollywood Hijinx
  • Hopkins FBI
  • Hoyle’s Official Book of Games
  • Hugo’s House of Horrors, Hugo 2, Hugo 3
  • Icewind Dale 1 and 2
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  • Infidel
  • Inherit the Earth
  • James Clavell’s Shōgun
  • Jones in the Fast Lane
  • Journey: Part One of the Golden Age Trilogy
  • King’s Quest 1 to 7
  • The Labyrinth of Time
  • Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
  • Laura Bow 1 and 2
  • Leather Goddesses of Phobos 1 and 2
  • Legend of Kyrandiar 1, 2 and 3
  • Leisure Suit Larry 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
  • LGeneral (Panzer General)
  • Lost in Time
  • The Lurking Horror
  • The Manhole
  • Manhunter 1 and 2
  • Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle
  • Mixed-Up Mother Goose & Mixed-Up Fairy Tales
  • Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3
  • Moonmist
  • Mortville Manor
  • Myst: Masterpiece Edition
  • Mystery House
  • The Neverhood
  • Nippon Safes Inc.
  • Nord and Bert Couldn’t Make Head or Tail of It
  • Once Upon A Time: Little Red Riding Hood
  • Pajama Sam series
  • Personal Nightmare
  • Planescape: Torment
  • Planetfall
  • Plundered Hearts
  • Police Quest 1 to 4
  • Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, Quake 4, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  • Quest For Glory 1, 2 and 3
  • Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
  • Ringworld 1 and 2
  • Rise of the Triad
  • Rodney’s Funscreen
  • Sam & Max Hit the Road
  • Seastalker
  • Sfinx
  • The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
  • The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
  • Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
  • Simon the Sorcerer 1, 2 and Puzzle Pack
  • Slater & Charlie Go Camping
  • Soltys
  • Sorcerer
  • Space Quest 1 to 6
  • Spellbreaker
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy
  • Starcross
  • Stationfall
  • Strife
  • Suspect
  • Suspended
  • Syndicate
  • Super 3D Noah’s Ark
  • Theme Hospital
  • Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
  • Toonstruck
  • Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
  • Transport Tycoon Deluxe
  • Trinity
  • Troll’s Tale
  • Tyrian
  • Ultima VII
  • Unreal, Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament (1999)
  • Urban Runner
  • Ween: The Prophecy
  • Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood
  • Wishbringer
  • Witness
  • Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny and Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
  • X-COM: UFO Defense
  • Zork 1, 2 and 3, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, Return to Zork, Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
  • Zork Grand Inquisitor and Zork Nemesis

There are three methods to install game-data-packager on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install game-data-packager Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install game-data-packager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install game-data-packager

Install game-data-packager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install game-data-packager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install game-data-packager

Install game-data-packager 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install game-data-packager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install game-data-packager

How To Uninstall game-data-packager on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the game-data-packager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove game-data-packager

Uninstall game-data-packager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall game-data-packager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove game-data-packager

Remove game-data-packager Configurations and Data

To remove game-data-packager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge game-data-packager

Remove game-data-packager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge game-data-packager

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install game-data-packager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.