How to Install and Uninstall quake2.x86_64 Package on Fedora 36

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "quake2.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install quake2.x86_64 on Fedora 36


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "quake2.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall quake2.x86_64 on Fedora 36:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the quake2.x86_64 package on Fedora 36

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Available Packages
Name : quake2
Version : 8.10
Release : 1.fc36
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 812 k
Source : quake2-8.10-1.fc36.src.rpm
Repository : updates
Summary : Quake II (Yamagi version)
URL : http://www.yamagi.org/quake2
License : GPLv2
Description : This package contains the enhanced GPL YamagiQuake2 version of the Quake 2
: engine.
: To run the game you will need the original data files from demo or
: full versions.
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: Full version setup:
: Copy the baseq2 folder contents from the CD-ROM/Steam to ~/.yq2/baseq2/
: (or to use the data files system-wide copy the data files to
: /usr/lib64/games/quake2/baseq2/)
: Enjoy the full version.
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: Demo version setup:
: Get the demo from http://deponie.yamagi.org/quake2/idstuff/q2-314-demo-x86.exe
: and extract it.
: It's just an ordinary, self-extract ZIP file.
: An archiver or even the unzip command can be used.
: copy the extracted folder contents /Install/Data/baseq2/* to ~/.yq2/baseq2/
: (or to use the data files system-wide copy the data files to
: /usr/lib64/games/quake2/baseq2/)
: Enjoy the demo version.
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: Not patched full version setup:
: If your full version of quake 2 isn't patched you need to do some more steps
: Please note that the patch is required for all full versions of the game,
: even the newer ones like Steam. Without it Yamagi Quake II will not work!
:
: Download the patch:
: http://deponie.yamagi.org/quake2/idstuff/q2-3.20-x86-full-ctf.exe
: Extract the patch into an empty directory. The patch is just an ordinary
: self-extracting ZIP file. On Windows it can be extracted by double clicking
: on it, on other systems an archiver or even the unzip command can be used.
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: Now it's time to remove the following files from the extracted patch.
: They're the original executables, documentation and so on.
: They aren't needed anymore:
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: 3.20_Changes.txt
: quake2.exe
: ref_gl.dll
: ref_soft.dll
: baseq2/gamex86.dll
: baseq2/maps.lst
: ctf/ctf2.ico
: ctf/gamex86.dll
: ctf/readme.txt
: ctf/server.cfg
: xatrix/gamex86.dll
: rogue/gamex86.dll
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: Copy the pak0.pak file and the video/ sub-directory from your Quake II
: distribution (CD, Steam download, etc) into the baseq2/ sub-directory
: of the extracted patch.