How To Install rtcw-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtcw-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rtcw-common
rtcw-common is:
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a military- and occult-themed first-person shooter game in a Second World War setting, originally released in 2001. It is a sequel to Wolfenstein 3D, which is also available for Debian (in the wolf4sdl package).
This package contains files shared by the game and the dedicated server. It requires non-distributable game data files from the rtcw-data package, which can be prepared using the game-data-packager tool.
There are three methods to install rtcw-common 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 rtcw-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rtcw-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rtcw-common
Install rtcw-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rtcw-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rtcw-common
Install rtcw-common 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 rtcw-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rtcw-common
How To Uninstall rtcw-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rtcw-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rtcw-common
Uninstall rtcw-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rtcw-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtcw-common
Remove rtcw-common Configurations and Data
To remove rtcw-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rtcw-common
Remove rtcw-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rtcw-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtcw-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtcw-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
