How To Install ioquake3 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ioquake3 on Ubuntu.

What is `ioquake3`

ioquake3 is:

This package installs a modified version of the ioQuake3 game engine, which can be used to play various games based on that engine, such as OpenArena, Quake III: Arena, World of Padman and Urban Terror.

This package alone isn’t of any use; to get a playable game, install openarena or another suitable set of game data.

There are three methods to install ioquake3 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ioquake3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ioquake3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ioquake3

Install ioquake3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ioquake3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ioquake3

Install ioquake3 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 ioquake3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ioquake3

How To Uninstall ioquake3 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ioquake3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ioquake3

Uninstall ioquake3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ioquake3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ioquake3

Remove ioquake3 Configurations and Data

To remove ioquake3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ioquake3

Remove ioquake3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ioquake3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ioquake3

Dependencies

ioquake3 have the following dependencies:

References

ioquake3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ioquake3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.