How To Install doomsday on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install doomsday on Ubuntu 22.04. doomsday is enhanced version of the legendary DOOM game

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doomsday on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is doomsday

doomsday is:

The purpose of the Doomsday Engine project is to create versions of DOOM, Heretic and Hexen that feel the same as the original games but are implemented using modern techniques such as 3D graphics and client/server networking. A lot of emphasis is placed on good-looking graphics.

Doomsday Engine (or deng for short) requires an IWAD to play. You can install your commercial IWADs using game-data-packager.

There are three methods to install doomsday on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install doomsday Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install doomsday

Install doomsday Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doomsday

Install doomsday 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 doomsday using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doomsday

How To Uninstall doomsday on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove doomsday

Uninstall doomsday And Its Dependencies

To uninstall doomsday and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doomsday

Remove doomsday Configurations and Data

To remove doomsday configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge doomsday

Remove doomsday configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doomsday

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install doomsday package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.