How To Install quake3-server on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake3-server on Kali Linux.
What is quake3-server
quake3-server is:
This package contains a launcher script to run a Quake III Arena or Quake III: Team Arena dedicated server with the ioquake3 engine.
To make this package useful, you will need to create and install the non-distributable quake3-data package, by using the game-data-packager package. This requires pak0.pk3 from a Quake III installation or CD-ROM.
There are three methods to install quake3-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 quake3-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake3-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quake3-serverInstall quake3-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quake3-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quake3-serverInstall quake3-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 quake3-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quake3-serverHow To Uninstall quake3-server on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the quake3-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quake3-serverUninstall quake3-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quake3-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quake3-serverRemove quake3-server Configurations and Data
To remove quake3-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quake3-serverRemove quake3-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quake3-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quake3-serverDependencies
quake3-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quake3-server package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
