How To Install prboom-plus on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus on Debian 9. prboom-plus is enhanced clone of the classic first-person shooter Doom

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus on Debian 9.

What is prboom-plus

prboom-plus is:

PrBoom+ is an enhanced source port of the classic 3D first-person shooter game Doom, first released by id Software in 1993. It uses the Simple Direct Media layer (SDL) library and features an optional OpenGL renderer. It is based on PrBoom, MBF and LxDoom, which in turn are based on TeamTNT’s Boom, a freely available port of Doom for DOS.

In addition to PrBoom’s features, PrBoom+ offers uncapped framerate, variable gamespeed, re-record, walkcam, chasecam, full mouselook, FOV, and other features without loss of compatibility with the original Doom.

PrBoom+ requires game data to run. Free game data is available in the freedoom package. Commercial game data can be packaged using game-data-packager. PrBoom+ supports all flavors of Doom, including The Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 and Final Doom as well as Chex(R) Quest, HACX, FreeDoom and FreeDM.

There are three methods to install prboom-plus on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install prboom-plus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install prboom-plus

Install prboom-plus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prboom-plus

Install prboom-plus 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 prboom-plus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prboom-plus

How To Uninstall prboom-plus on Debian 9

To uninstall only the prboom-plus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prboom-plus

Uninstall prboom-plus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prboom-plus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prboom-plus

Remove prboom-plus Configurations and Data

To remove prboom-plus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prboom-plus

Remove prboom-plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prboom-plus

Dependencies

prboom-plus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.