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title: Install Doom 3 (dhewm3) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Doom 3 (dhewm3) for Linux - Doom 3 Game Engine
url: https://snapcraft.io/dhewm3
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# Doom 3 (dhewm3) (dhewm3)

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latest/stable 1.5.3

Install latest/stable of Doom 3 (dhewm3)

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install dhewm3
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* dhewm3

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### License

* GPL-3.0-only

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### Last updated

* 6 June 2024 - latest/stable
* 7 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [dhewm3.org](https://dhewm3.org/ "https://dhewm3.org/")

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### Source code

* [github.com/dhewm/dhewm3](https://github.com/dhewm/dhewm3 "https://github.com/dhewm/dhewm3")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/dhewm/dhewm3/issues](https://github.com/dhewm/dhewm3/issues "https://github.com/dhewm/dhewm3/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/dhewm3#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/dhewm3#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/dhewm3#tab-security)

#### Doom 3 Game Engine

dhewm 3 is a Doom 3 GPL source port, known to work on at least Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD.
The goal of dhewm 3 is bring DOOM 3 with the help of SDL to all suitable platforms.

Attention: This only contains the engine. In order to play the game you will have to copy the game assets' .pk4 files to:

`~/snap/dhewm3/common/dhewm3/base`

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## Install Doom 3 (dhewm3) on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/dhewm3/raspbian)
