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Quick installation of quake4:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: quake4
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install quake4
Package Details | |
| Package: | quake4 |
| Version: | 48 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://wiki.debian.org/Games/GameDataPackager |
| Description: | science-fiction-themed first person shooter Quake 4 is a first-person shooter game by Raven Software and id Software, released in 2005. This package contains a launcher script and menu entry to play Quake 4 using the proprietary x86 binaries provided by id Software. . Please note that the Quake 4 engine is not Free Software, and Debian cannot fix any bugs or security flaws in the engine or game code. . To make this package useful, you will need to create and install some non-distributable packages by using the game-data-packager package: quake4-bin, and either quake4-data (for all regions except Germany) or quake4-censored-de-data (for the incompatible version sold in Germany). Creating those packages requires data files from a Quake 4 installation or DVD. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | multiverse/games |
How to install quake4 on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If quake4 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L quake4' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L quake4 dpkg-query: package 'quake4' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing quake4:
After system update use the following command to install quake4:
sudo apt-get install quake4
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove quake4 from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the quake4 from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the quake4 following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove quake4
Following command is used to remove the quake4 package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove quake4
This will remove quake4 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing quake4 with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge quake4
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove quake4
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with quake4 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
