How To Install darkradiant on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install darkradiant on Ubuntu 22.04. darkradiant is Level design toolchain for DOOM3 and The Dark Mod

Introduction

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

What is darkradiant

darkradiant is:

DarkRadiant is a 3D map and level editor for games based on the idtech4 engines. The software is based on GtkRadiant and focuses on the games DOOM3 and The Dark Mod. Other games based on the same engine, like Quake 4, might be editable too, but are not explicitly supported.

Darkradiant can also be used to create free contents for the GPL’ed version of the DOOM3 engine.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install darkradiant

Install darkradiant Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install darkradiant

Install darkradiant 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 darkradiant using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install darkradiant

How To Uninstall darkradiant on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove darkradiant

Uninstall darkradiant And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkradiant

Remove darkradiant Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge darkradiant

Remove darkradiant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkradiant

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Summary

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