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Running the latest debian distro (2012-09-18-wheezy) and latest firmware ? (rpi-update).

How to install and run a working Quake 3 game?

Kind regards

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    doesn't sudo apt-get install quake3 work? Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 0:37

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Change to the directory where you will store the downloaded files:

cd /home/pi/

Download the files using wget:

wget http://radium.hexxeh.net/quake3.zip
wget http://www.andershizzle.com/Q3%20Demo%20Paks.zip

Unzip the two files you just downloaded using unzip:

unzip quake3.zip
unzip Q3\ Demo\ Paks.zip

Move all of the pak files that were extracted from Q3 Demo Paks.zip over to quake3/baseq3/ using the mv command:

mv baseq3/pak* quake3/baseq3/

Change the file permissions using chmod:

chmod +x quake3/start.sh
chmod +x quake3/ioquake3.arm
chmod +x quake3/ioq3ded.arm

Change the current directory:

cd quake3

Then you can start it with the following command:

./start.sh

Reference: http://blog.modmypi.com/2012/06/1.html

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  • Whilst I'm guilty of not checking, we should promote good practice of checking the integrity of downloads. How would you go about that? Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 8:41
  • @AlexChamberlain None of the tutorials I checked included a hash of the source file and a quick check of the download site did not turn up one either. Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 8:53
  • That is an old description and won't work anymore
    – Christian
    Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 9:11
  • @Christian if so please post an answer with the correct information. Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 9:28
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This works: I was logged on as root the whole time, so remove the sudo!

1.Make sure you're up-to-date:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo rpi-update 192Reboot. 

2.Install required packages:

sudo apt-get install git gcc build-essential libsdl1.2-dev

3.Download the Quake 3 source code:

mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/quake3.git
cd quake3

4. Edit build.sh in quake3 directory:

change line 8 to this:  ARM_LIBS=/opt/vc/lib
change line 16 to this: INCLUDES="-I/opt/vc/include -I/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads"
comment out line 19:    #CROSS_COMPILE=bcm2708-

5. Do a ./build.sh

./build.sh

6. Wait for compilation to finish, takes about 1 hour on RasPi.

7. Find copies of the following somewhere (other guides will show you) and place in build/release-linux-arm/baseq3:

cd ..
sudo wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1816557/Q3%20Demo%20Paks.zip
sudo unzip Q3\ Demo\ Paks.zip
sudo rm Q3\ Demo\ Paks.zip
sudo mv ./baseq3/pak* ./quake3/build/release-linux-arm/baseq3/ 
sudo rm -rf ./baseq3/

.8. Run ioquake3.arm. Shoot things.

cd quake3
cd build
cd release-linux-arm
./ioquake3.arm

If your not logged in as root You might try this also before step 8 (I haven't)

7.2.Update your permissions for directFB access: sudo usermod -a -G video [your_username]Log out, log back in. This will allow you to run game as non-root. Works with other directFB/SDL based stuff, too.

Kind Regards Chris

Sources: http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianQuake3 http://mitchtech.net/install-quake-3-on-raspberry-pi/

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  • You are downloading from the raspberry pi repo, yet you have to change things? Strange! Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 9:33
  • Yes, something to do updated opt/vc/lib ?
    – Christian
    Commented Sep 26, 2012 at 9:51

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