How To Install yadex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install yadex in Fedora 36. yadex is Doom level editor

Introduction

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

What is yadex

Yadex is a Doom level (wad) editor for Unix systems running X, including Linux. It supports Doom alpha, Doom beta, Doom, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, Doom II, Heretic and also, in a more or less limited way, Hexen and Strife. Yadex is descended from DEU 5.21. Therefore, as you might expect, it’s a rather low-level editor that requires you to take care of a lot of detail but on the flip side allows you to control very precisely what you are doing. In addition, it has many advanced functions that DEU didn’t have, to make certain tedious tasks easy.

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

Install yadex 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 yadex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yadex

Install yadex 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 yadex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yadex

How To Uninstall yadex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove yadex

yadex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/yadex
/etc/yadex/1.7.0
/etc/yadex/1.7.0/yadex.cfg
/usr/bin/yadex
/usr/bin/yadex-1.7.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/355faad3ac3366c3d5b4073eabf771023998c3
/usr/share/applications/yadex.desktop
/usr/share/doc/yadex
/usr/share/doc/yadex/002f2f.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/E1.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/E2.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/advanced.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/contact.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/credits.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/deu_diffs.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/e1.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/e2.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/editing_docs.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/feedback.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/getting_started.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/hackers_guide.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/help.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/index.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/keeping_up.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/legal.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/logo.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/logo_small.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/mirror0.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/mirrorh.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/mirrorv.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/nook1.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/nook2.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/packagers_guide.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/palette.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/preview.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/reporting.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/slice1.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/slice2.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/tips.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/trivia.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/trouble.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/users_guide.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/vflat.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/vsprite.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/vtexture.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/wad_specs.html
/usr/share/doc/yadex/yadex1.png
/usr/share/doc/yadex/ygd.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/yadex.png
/usr/share/licenses/yadex
/usr/share/licenses/yadex/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/yadex/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man6/yadex.6.gz
/usr/share/yadex
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doom.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doom02.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doom04.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doom05.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doom2.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/doompr.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/heretic.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/hexen.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/strife.ygd
/usr/share/yadex/1.7.0/strife10.ygd

References

Summary

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