Step 2: Now that the Quakespasm application is working on your Linux PC, it’s time to download the game files. Using a lesser-known distro? Grab the standalone Linux version. Install with: sudo zypper install quakespasm Generic Linux Or, for Tumbleweed, do: zypper addrepo games There isn’t a Fedora RPM file for Quakespasm available, and it appears that the project doesn’t want to create one any time soon. Ubuntu sudo apt install quakespasm Debian sudo apt-get install quakespasm Arch Linux sudo pacman -S git base-devel Note: If you own the Windows version of Quake 1, skip the step in the guide that goes over downloading FreeQuake and instead get your own Quake 1 Pak files and set them up in the id1 sub-folder in Quakespasm. It’s very important that you install Quakespasm because it’s the only way to get this game working on Linux. Step 1: Using your package manager, install the Quakespasm program.
To get your copy of Quake 1 working on Linux, open up a terminal and follow the step-by-step instructions below. Better still, Quake 1 is freeware, so you don’t even have to purchase it to play. The first Quake game is easy to run on Linux, via the Quakespasm engine.
