How To Install quakespasm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install quakespasm on Kali Linux. quakespasm is engine for iD softwares Quake

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quakespasm on Kali Linux.

What is quakespasm

quakespasm is:

QuakeSpasm is a Unix-friendly Quake engine based on the SDL port of the popular FitzQuake. It includes some new features, important fixes, and aims for portability and correctness.

This package contains no data files. To use it, you will need to either install the commercial Quake data, or alternative free data files such as OpenQuartz.

This engine is typically used via a script that launches it with a particular data set, such as the one found in the “quake” package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quakespasm

Install quakespasm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install quakespasm

Install quakespasm 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install quakespasm

How To Uninstall quakespasm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove quakespasm

Uninstall quakespasm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall quakespasm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quakespasm

Remove quakespasm Configurations and Data

To remove quakespasm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quakespasm

Remove quakespasm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quakespasm

Dependencies

quakespasm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install quakespasm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.