How To Install dhewm3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhewm3 on Kali Linux. dhewm3 is GPL Doom 3 game engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhewm3 on Kali Linux.

What is dhewm3

dhewm3 is:

The goal of dhewm 3 is bring the DOOM3 engine with the help of SDL to all suitable platforms.

This game engine is compatible with the original Doom3 data files and the Resurrection of Evil extension. To play it, you need to own the game data.

Bugs present in the original DOOM 3 will be fixed (when identified) without altering the original gameplay.

There are three methods to install dhewm3 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 dhewm3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dhewm3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dhewm3

Install dhewm3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dhewm3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dhewm3

Install dhewm3 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 dhewm3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dhewm3

How To Uninstall dhewm3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dhewm3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dhewm3

Uninstall dhewm3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dhewm3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhewm3

Remove dhewm3 Configurations and Data

To remove dhewm3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dhewm3

Remove dhewm3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dhewm3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhewm3

Dependencies

dhewm3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhewm3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.