How To Install quakespasm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quakespasm on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quakespasm
Remove quakespasm Configurations and Data
To remove quakespasm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quakespasm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
