Quake 3 on Linux
What you need:
- 3D Acceleration installed and working
- Quake 3 original CD and key
- Internet connection setup within Linux (preferably ADSL)
Installing Quake 3:
The first thing you need to do is create a folder where the game will be installed, it is advisable to use the one that I state here as the patch will use the same one later on without any problems as default. Open up the terminal or shell and login as the root user.
mkdir -p /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3
Insert the Quake 3 CD into your CD Drive.
mount /media/cdrom (/media/cdrom will be where your cd is mounted, if different then use whatever your drive is mounted as)
Next you have to copy the pak0.pk3 file from your Quake 3 CD:
cp /media/cdrom/Quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3
This may take a bit of time as it is the main working file for Quake 3 (I think it is 457mb). While the file is copying you will need to have the Linux 1.32b point release for Quake 3. You can download this from the following link:
linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run [click]
Download the patch to the Quake 3 folder /usr/local/games/quake3
Next you need to go to the directory in your terminal / shell.
cd /usr/local/games/quake3
Once you are in the correct directory you need to run the patch:
sh /usr/local/games/quake3/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run
Follow the relevant instructions. If your running 64bit you may have a few problems which are explained at the bottom of this page.
To run Quake 3 you need to goto your terminal / shell and type the following (please note you may also need to istall some extra files if you are running 64bit Linux as explained at the bottom of this page).
quake3
64bit Users IMPORTANT!
If you are running in 64bit Linux you will have to install some components for the 32bit linux, in your package manager search for ” and install the package, this should solve any problems you may have with running Quake 3.
