How To Install wadc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install wadc on Debian 9. wadc is programming environment for creating Doom maps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wadc on Debian 9.

What is wadc

wadc is:

WadC (Wad Compiler) is an Integrated Development Environment and functional programming language for developing Doom-engine maps. It can be used to generate complex levels which can be saved in Doom’s WAD format.

The IDE includes a text-editor component; a debug output pane and a 2D drawing pane which previews the current script’s output. Also included is an experimental command line interface, wadccli.

An external nodes builder (such as glbsp) is required before the resulting WAD file can be played by a doom-engine.

There are three methods to install wadc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wadc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wadc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wadc

Install wadc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wadc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wadc

Install wadc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wadc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wadc

How To Uninstall wadc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove wadc

Uninstall wadc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wadc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wadc

Remove wadc Configurations and Data

To remove wadc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wadc

Remove wadc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wadc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wadc

Dependencies

wadc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wadc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.