How To Install dhewm3 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhewm3
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 dhewm3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhewm3
How To Uninstall dhewm3 on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhewm3
Remove dhewm3 Configurations and Data
To remove dhewm3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhewm3
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.