How To Install prboom-plus-game-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus-game-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is prboom-plus-game-server
prboom-plus-game-server is:
PrBoom+ is an enhanced source port of the classic 3D first-person shooter game Doom, first released by id Software in 1993. It uses the Simple Direct Media layer (SDL) library and features an optional OpenGL renderer. It is based on PrBoom, MBF and LxDoom, which in turn are based on TeamTNT’s Boom, a freely available port of Doom for DOS.
In addition to PrBoom’s features, PrBoom+ offers uncapped framerate, variable gamespeed, re-record, walkcam, chasecam, full mouselook, FOV, and other features without loss of compatibility with the original Doom.
This package contains the server for network games of PrBoom+.
There are three methods to install prboom-plus-game-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install prboom-plus-game-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus-game-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prboom-plus-game-server
Install prboom-plus-game-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prboom-plus-game-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prboom-plus-game-server
Install prboom-plus-game-server 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 prboom-plus-game-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prboom-plus-game-server
How To Uninstall prboom-plus-game-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the prboom-plus-game-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prboom-plus-game-server
Uninstall prboom-plus-game-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prboom-plus-game-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prboom-plus-game-server
Remove prboom-plus-game-server Configurations and Data
To remove prboom-plus-game-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prboom-plus-game-server
Remove prboom-plus-game-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prboom-plus-game-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prboom-plus-game-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prboom-plus-game-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
