How To Install zdbsp on Debian 10

Learn how to install zdbsp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. zdbsp is node builder library for OpenGL-based Doom-style games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zdbsp on Debian 10.

What is zdbsp

zdbsp is:

zdbsp is a node builder specially designed to be used with OpenGL ports of the DOOM game engine. It adheres to the “GL-Friendly Nodes” specification, which means it adds some new special nodes to a WAD file that makes it very easy (and fast!) for an OpenGL DOOM engine to compute the polygons needed for drawing the levels.

There are three methods to install zdbsp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install zdbsp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zdbsp

Install zdbsp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zdbsp

Install zdbsp 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 zdbsp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zdbsp

How To Uninstall zdbsp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove zdbsp

Uninstall zdbsp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zdbsp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zdbsp

Remove zdbsp Configurations and Data

To remove zdbsp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zdbsp

Remove zdbsp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zdbsp

Dependencies

zdbsp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zdbsp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.