How To Install glbsp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install glbsp on Ubuntu 22.04. glbsp is nodes builder for Doom-style games; has support for OpenGL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glbsp on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is glbsp

glbsp is:

glBSP 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 many DOOM ports that understand the GL Nodes which glBSP creates, including EDGE, the Doomsday engine (JDOOM), Doom3D, PrBoom, and Vavoom.

There are three methods to install glbsp on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install glbsp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glbsp

Install glbsp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glbsp

Install glbsp 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install glbsp

How To Uninstall glbsp on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove glbsp

Uninstall glbsp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glbsp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glbsp

Remove glbsp Configurations and Data

To remove glbsp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glbsp

Remove glbsp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glbsp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glbsp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.