How To Install quake2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install quake2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. quake2 is classic science-fiction-themed first person shooter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2 on Debian 12.

What is quake2

quake2 is:

Quake II is a classic first-person shooter game by id Software, released in 1997. This package contains a launcher script and menu entry to play Quake II with any suitable engine.

To make this package useful, you will need to create and install some non-distributable packages by using the game-data-packager package: either quake2-full-data or quake2-demo-data. Creating quake2-full-data requires data files from a Quake II installation or CD-ROM.

game-data-packager (>= 39) can also produce packages for the official mission packs The Reckoning (developed by Xatrix Entertainment) and Ground Zero (developed by Rogue Entertainment). Additional menu entries should appear automatically if those expansions are installed.

There are three methods to install quake2 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 quake2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install quake2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install quake2

Install quake2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install quake2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quake2

Install quake2 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 quake2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quake2

How To Uninstall quake2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the quake2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove quake2

Uninstall quake2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall quake2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quake2

Remove quake2 Configurations and Data

To remove quake2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quake2

Remove quake2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove quake2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quake2

Dependencies

quake2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.