Install and Play Quake 2 on Ubuntu

This article teaches you how to install and play Quake 2 on Ubuntu.

Quake 2

1. First, you need to purchase the game disk and have the CD key.

2. Insert the installation CD or DVD

3. Fire up the terminal and type:
mkdir /quake2
cp -r /cdrom/Install/Data/baseq2 / /quake2


4. Then, download the native GNU/Linux client quake2-3.20-glibc-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/unix/quake2-3.20-glibc-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz

cd / /quake2
wget ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/unix/quake2-3.20-glibc-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz
tar xvzf quake2-3.20-glibc-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz

5. Lauch the installer

echo \#\!/bin/sh > quake2_
echo cd \"/quake2\" >> quake2_
echo exec ./quake2 \"\$\@\" >> quake2_

8. To start the game, run the following command in the terminal:

./quake2 +set vid_ref glx

Hope this helps! :)