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Install Quake 3: Arena on a mac
#!/bin/bash
# Install Quake 3: Arena on a mac
# Copyright (c) 2016 simonewebdesign
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
set -e # exit on error
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3
cd ioq3
./make-macosx.sh x86_64
cd build
cp -R release-darwin-x86_64/ /Applications/ioquake3
cd /Applications/ioquake3/baseq3
COUNT=0
while [ $COUNT -lt 9 ]; do
curl -L http://files.anitalink.com/gamecache/quake3/baseq3/pak$COUNT.pk3 > pak$COUNT.pk3
let COUNT+=1
done
echo "Quake 3: Arena installation successful!"
rm -R $HOME/ioq3
read -p "Do you want to start the game now? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
open /Applications/ioquake3/ioquake3.app
fi
@maximgubar
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curl: (7) Failed to connect to files.anitalink.com port 80: Operation timed out

@grigorievk
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@zhdanovartur
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+1

@ExaltedKnave
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curl: (7) Failed to connect to files.anitalink.com port 80: Operation timed out

Happened to me too. I drug and dropped .pk3 files from another quake install folder I had downloaded. It works great now, I just had to get a CD Key and now it works fine.

Thanks for the upload and instructions.

@bryan-symetric
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@ExaltedKnave Did you have to do anything special with the .pk3 files? How many did you have?

I see the script attempts to download pak0.pk3 to pak9.pk3 but I've only got 0-6. When I tried to run the game I get an error suggesting to reinstall the 1.32 point release and make sure that every file in baseq3 is present and readable.

@atereshkov
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The same here
Failed to connect to files.anitalink.com port 80: Operation timed out

@anghene
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anghene commented Dec 26, 2018

Point Release files are missing. Please re-install the 1.32 point release. Also check that your ioq3 executable is in the correct place and that every file in the "baseq3" directory is present and readable. See "/Users/[name]/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/crashlog.txt" for details.

I had a really hard time finding q3a Point Release 1.32 as an archive (not .exe) so I had to install them in an empty directory on a windows box, archived them and added them here.

@diegoulloao
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@SleepyBrett
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line 26.. that curl command needs a -L

@simonewebdesign
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Updated, thanks @SleepyBrett!

@timkofu
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timkofu commented Sep 13, 2019

Thanks for the script.

On line 32: rm -fr is what worked for me.

@pavelq3
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pavelq3 commented Nov 2, 2019

WOW ! it's the best setup in my life ! Thanks a lot !

@simonewebdesign
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Glad to hear that @pavelq3!

@guneyguven
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perfect installing job +1

@hrytskivr
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it works!

@kubik101
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I had to make sure Xcode Command-line Tools were installed. Used the following command line to install.
xcode-select --install

Installation then worked but I get the following error when trying to run in /Applications/ioquake3/ioquake3.app

"pak0.pk3" is missing. Please copy it from your legitimate Q3 CDROM. Point Release files are missing. Please re-install the 1.32 point release. Also check that your ioq3 executable is in the correct place and that every file in the "baseq3" directory is present and readable. See "/Users/macbookpro/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/crashlog.txt" for details.

This is what's inside /Users/macbookpro/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3/crashlog.txt

tty console mode disabled
ioq3 1.36_GIT_daae32dd-2019-11-17 macosx-x86_64 Dec 24 2019
SSE instruction set enabled
----- FS_Startup -----
We are looking in the current search path:
/Users/macbookpro/Library/Application Support/Quake3/baseq3
/Applications/ioquake3/ioquake3.app/Contents/MacOS/baseq3
/Applications/ioquake3/baseq3

----------------------
0 files in pk3 files
"pak0.pk3" is missing. Please copy it from your legitimate Q3 CDROM. Point Release files are missing. Please re-install the 1.32 point release. Also check that your ioq3 executable is in the correct place and that every file in the "baseq3" directory is present and readable

Any ideas?
I am running macOS 10.14.6

@kubik101
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FYI - Just tried @diegoulloao version and worked perfectly with no issue.

@diegoulloao
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FYI - Just tried @diegoulloao version and worked perfectly with no issue.

Actually my version was inspired in this script.
Thanks for all!

@CoreyBovalina
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is there some kind of key logger installed with this? Why am I getting presented with a message about it wanting to capture keystrokes from all apps?

@cyb3rpunk19
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CONFIRMED VIRUS IS PRETTY NASTY MESSES UP WITH LIBRARY. IM ALREADY REPORTING HIS IP TO THE COMUNITY

@AlbusaOxyuranus
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Thanks))

@bhaskard
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bhaskard commented May 6, 2020

Thanks!

@vixyswillie
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@diegoulloao - Perfect, one-step installation on my MacBook Air running Catalina 10.15.4. Wow - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

@l1x
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l1x commented Sep 15, 2021

Does this work on M1?

@diegoulloao
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@l1x
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l1x commented Sep 15, 2021

Thanks @diegoulloao!

@Timurkas2112
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Thank you so much!!!!

@vadimperkin
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Thank you, @diegoulloao! It works! God bless you!

@Mikcode
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Mikcode commented Jul 22, 2022

no idea what is xcrun:
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

@simonewebdesign
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no idea what is xcrun

Make sure Xcode Command-line Tools are installed. Run xcode-select --install

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