How To Install xqf 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 xqf on Ubuntu.

What is `xqf`

xqf is:

XQF is a GTK+ frontend for Qstat, a tool for querying first-person action game servers like Quake, Unreal Tournament, etc. It displays information about the servers and allows configuring and launching some of the games from it.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xqf

Install xqf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xqf

Install xqf 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 xqf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xqf

How To Uninstall xqf on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xqf

Uninstall xqf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xqf

Remove xqf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xqf

Remove xqf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xqf

Dependencies

xqf have the following dependencies:

References

xqf website

Summary

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