How To Install bsp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsp in Fedora 36. bsp is The most popular node builder for Doom

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsp on Fedora 36.

What is `bsp`

Before you can play a level that you have created, you must use a node builder to create the data that Doom will use to render the level. Doom uses a rendering algorithm based on a binary space partition, otherwise known as a BSP tree. This is stored in a data lump called NODES in the WAD file. This data structure must be pre-calculated and stored in the WAD file before the level can be played; the tool that does this is called a node builder. BSP is one of several node builders that can do this. There are others the original Doom levels, for instance. BSP was the best known and most widely used node builder throughout the height of the Doom editing craze in the mid 1990s.

We can use yum or dnf to install bsp on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bsp.

Install bsp on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bsp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bsp

Install bsp on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bsp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bsp

How To Uninstall bsp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bsp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bsp

bsp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/bsp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/b0f8e4d250ac35b8695f3e5240376eba8b2dda
/usr/share/doc/bsp
/usr/share/doc/bsp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bsp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bsp/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/bsp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/bsp/README
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/MD5SUMS
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/conduits.unbuiltwad
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/transdor.unbuiltwad
/usr/share/doc/bsp/test-wads/visarea.unbuiltwad
/usr/share/doc/bsp/visplane.txt
/usr/share/licenses/bsp
/usr/share/licenses/bsp/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man6/bsp.6.gz

References

bsp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsp on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).