Quake3World

Installing Quake III Arena on a 64-bit Linux box isn't that bad actually. I couldn't find instructions anywhere on how to do this, so after figuring it out I'm writing them down here. I did this running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) x86_64 on an AMD Athlon 64 3500+, nVidia 7600GT OC.

You will need:

• Linux x86_64 with updated video drivers
• Quake III Arena install CD
• Linux Q3A Point Release 1.32b
• Q3A Point Release 1.32c

Download the two point releases somewhere handy. I just downloaded them to my Desktop (/home/obsidian/Desktop).


Installation:

1. Open up a Terminal session and create a new directory to install everything (usually /usr/local/games/).

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   sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3

2. Insert Q3A CD in your drive and copy the pak0.pk3 file to your baseq3 directory (can take a while).

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   sudo cp /media/cdrom/Quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3

3. Quake 3 is a 32-bit application, so you will run into a known issue. You can get around this by installing a couple of packages that will allow you to emulate 32-bit programs in your 64-bit environment.

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   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs linux32

4. We can now invoke the Quake 3 install script to work. Note that your directory may be different than below. Then follow the on-screen instructions, they should be pretty self explanatory.

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   sudo linux32 sh /home/obsidian/Desktop/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run

5. Extract the 3 files in the "linux" directory of quake3-1.32c.zip to your desktop (or where ever else) and copy them over to your Quake 3 install directory.

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   sudo cp /home/obsidian/Desktop/1.32c/* /usr/local/games/quake3

Notes:

• Most distros use su instead of sudo.
• x86_32 users can follow the same process, but omit step 3, and do sudo sh /home/obsidian/Desktop/linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run on the last step instead.

Have yourself a little *nix fragfest.

Nice work, obsidian. Might make a nice addition to the FAQ.

Well, you can go ahead and link it to the FAQ for me now... in case you haven't noticed, you've been given great power and great responsibility.

Thank you, I've been looking for a way to install Q3 in linux.

I'll try it out.

As I thought I couldn't do it.

On cd I have folder named "Quake III Arena Full + MultiPlayer(3)" and in there all baseq3 and stuff.

I downloaded both of the pointreleases.

Im very new to linux and it's real hard for me to install and such in it.

My username is n0mak.

I know it might sound stupid but I really don't know what to do could you help me out a bit?! If I left anything important unsayd or smth tell me.

sarge wrote:...

First of all, you need to go out and buy yourself a $10 copy of Q3.


@riddla: umm... yeah, it was hard to not notice that you've lost your superpowers after all the you-know-what, if you know what I mean.

I'll add it shortly. Trouble is, the procedure as described by obsidian only works for Debian-based distributions. On, for example, Fedora Core the locations differ and the packages have quite different names.

That's one of the annoyances I've found with Linux so far. Too many distros and few of them do things the same as the other. So getting help off of a forum or manual or whatever for your particular distro and your particular hardware is ridiculously difficult.