How To Install quake on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake on Debian 12.
What is quake
quake is:
Quake is a classic first-person shooter game by id Software, released in 1996. This package contains a launcher script and menu entry to play Quake with any suitable engine.
To make this package useful, you will need to create and install the non-distributable quake-registered or quake-shareware package, by using the game-data-packager package.
Creating quake-registered requires data files from a Quake installation or CD-ROM.
Creating quake-shareware requires the shareware version of Quake.
game-data-packager (>= 45) can also produce packages for the official Episode 5, Dimensions of the Past (developed by MachineGames to mark Quake’s 20th anniversary), and for the official mission packs Scourge of Armagon (developed by Hipnotic Software) and Dissolution of Eternity (developed by Rogue Entertainment). Additional menu entries should appear automatically if those expansions are installed.
There are three methods to install quake on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install quake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quake
Install quake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quake
Install quake 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 quake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quake
How To Uninstall quake on Debian 12
To uninstall only the quake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quake
Uninstall quake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quake
Remove quake Configurations and Data
To remove quake configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quake
Remove quake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quake
Dependencies
quake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.