How To Install quake2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2 on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quake2Install quake2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quake2Install quake2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quake2How To Uninstall quake2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the quake2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quake2Uninstall quake2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quake2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quake2Remove quake2 Configurations and Data
To remove quake2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quake2Remove 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 quake2Dependencies
quake2 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
