How To Install openarena on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openarena
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openarena
openarena is:
OpenArena is an open-source content package for ioQuake3 licensed under the GPL, effectively creating a free stand-alone game. Though OpenArena is a free replacement for id Software Inc.’s Quake 3 Arena, it is NOT compatible with the proprietary game!
OpenArena might be considered unsuitable for children.
This package installs the OpenArena client.
There are three methods to install openarena
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 openarena Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openarena
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openarena
Install openarena Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openarena
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openarena
Install openarena 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 openarena
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openarena
How To Uninstall openarena on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openarena
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openarena
Uninstall openarena And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openarena
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openarena
Remove openarena Configurations and Data
To remove openarena
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openarena
Remove openarena configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openarena
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openarena
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openarena
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.