How To Install quake2-server on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2-server on Kali Linux.
What is quake2-server
quake2-server is:
This package contains a launcher script and init script to run a Quake II server automatically, 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.
There are three methods to install quake2-server 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-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake2-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quake2-serverInstall quake2-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake2-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quake2-serverInstall quake2-server 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quake2-serverHow To Uninstall quake2-server on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the quake2-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quake2-serverUninstall quake2-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quake2-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quake2-serverRemove quake2-server Configurations and Data
To remove quake2-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quake2-serverRemove quake2-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quake2-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quake2-serverDependencies
quake2-server have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake2-server package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.