---
title: Install vkQuake on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of vkQuake for on Debian - A Quake 1 port using
  Vulkan.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/vkquake/debian
---

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# Install vkQuake on **Debian**

# vkQuake

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#### A Quake 1 port using Vulkan.

Note:
This package only provides the engine, you need a valid copy of the (proprietary) game data to launch the game.

vkQuake is a Quake 1 port using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It is based on the popular QuakeSpasm port and runs all mods compatible with it like Arcane Dimensions or In The Shadows.

Compared to QuakeSpasm vkQuake also features a software Quake like underwater effect, has better color precision, generates mipmap for water surfaces at runtime and has native support for anti-aliasing and AF.

vkQuake also serves as a Vulkan demo application that shows basic usage of the API. For example it demonstrates render passes & sub passes, pipeline barriers & synchronization, compute shaders, push & specialization constants, CPU/GPU parallelism and memory pooling.

* Note to snap packagers:
  Additionally, other snaps can consume its content via a content interface plug and use 'vkquake-launch' to start the engine. Consuming snaps could use following snapcraft.yaml snippet to add the interface.

```
plugs:
quake-engine:
content: quake-engine
interface: content
target: $SNAP/quake-engine
default-provider: vkquake:quake-engine
```

Within the consuming snap the content would be exposed at "$SNAP/quake-engine", ie:
/snap/the-consuming-snap/current/quake-engine
/var/lib/snapd/snap/the-consuming-snap/current/quake-engine

Under certain circumstances it could be necessary to manually connect the interface, ie:
snap connect the-consuming-snap:quake-engine vkquake:quake-engine

### Package name

* vkquake

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 1 July 2018 - latest/candidate
* 8 September 2026 - latest/edge

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install vkQuake

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install vkQuake

To install vkQuake, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install vkquake --candidate
```

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