How To Install alien-arena-server on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install alien-arena-server on Ubuntu 20.04. alien-arena-server is Dedicated server for Alien Arena

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien-arena-server on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is alien-arena-server

alien-arena-server is:

ALIEN ARENA is a standalone 3D first person online death-match shooter crafted
from the original source code of Quake II and Quake III, released by id
Software under the GPL license. With features including 32-bit graphics, a new
particle engine and effects, light blooms, reflective water, hi-resolution
textures and skins, and hi-poly models and stain maps, ALIEN ARENA pushes the
envelope of graphical beauty rivaling today’s top games.

This package installs the dedicated server for Alien Arena.

There are three methods to install alien-arena-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install alien-arena-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install alien-arena-server

Install alien-arena-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install alien-arena-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install alien-arena-server

Install alien-arena-server 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 alien-arena-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alien-arena-server

How To Uninstall alien-arena-server on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the alien-arena-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alien-arena-server

Uninstall alien-arena-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall alien-arena-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alien-arena-server

Remove alien-arena-server Configurations and Data

To remove alien-arena-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge alien-arena-server

Remove alien-arena-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove alien-arena-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alien-arena-server

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alien-arena-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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