Quake2 on Ubuntu or Mint

If you have the full version of quake2 on disc, or network drive...

STEP #1 - Install quake2 wrapper for Linux from repository

apt install quake2

STEP #2 - Copy your full version files from source to the following path:

mkdir ~/games
mkdir ~/games/quake2
cp quake2/* ~/games/quake2

STEP #3 - use game-data-packager to build and install the data packages for Quake 2

game-data-packager -i quake2 ~/games/quake2

STEP #4 - launch quake2 from the cinnamon games menu

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