--- title: Install World of PADMAN on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of World of PADMAN for on Arch Linux - Incredibly carefully designed and colorful freeware fun shooter for young and young-at-heart people url: https://snapcraft.io/install/worldofpadman/arch --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install World of PADMAN on **Arch Linux** # World of PADMAN (worldofpadman) [PadWorld Entertainment (wop-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/wop-community "View all snaps from PadWorld Entertainment (wop-community)") * [PadWorld Entertainment (wop-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/wop-community "View all snaps from PadWorld Entertainment (wop-community)") * [Games](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=games) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/worldofpadman/arch#install) #### Incredibly carefully designed and colorful freeware fun shooter for young and young-at-heart people From the earliest PadMaps for Q3A came the mod PadWorld, followed by the next colorful evolution, World of PADMAN. Developed and headed by cartoonist and illustrator ENTE, PadWorld Entertainment presents a freeware fun shooter, that's powered by an extended id-Tech3 graphics engine. WoP is the domain of ENTE's comic strip super-hero PADMAN and his motley crew. It's their mission to make your game with some seriously addictive fun, whatever your skill level and whatever character role you jump into. Over the years maps have been revamped, bots improved, Killerducks kept hungry, weapons re-polished and much more! In all, there are 24 maps. Each supports up to 7 game types, comprising WoP's unique Spray Your Color, Last Pad Standing, Big Balloon, and of course Capture The Lolly. Meet scaled-up and richly detailed environments of everyday places, where imaginative characters go berserk with an array of colorful plastic weaponry and powerups. Start rockin' to the soundtrack of Dieselkopf, and Neurological and listen to the Pad-Anthem, performed by Green Sun. So, grab your earphones! Not enough human players on public servers? Practice with bots and join the community on the official PadWorld server for the Padday community events every first Sunday of a month 7:00pm (CET). Use "WoP File Manager" to add additional maps to the game folder. * Game Code - GPL v2.0 * Game Assets - Proprietary For more information about copyright, visit . ### Package name * worldofpadman --- ### License * GPL-2.0-only OR Proprietary --- ### Last updated * 28 November 2021 - latest/stable This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [worldofpadman.net](https://worldofpadman.net "https://worldofpadman.net") --- ### Contact * [team@worldofpadman.net](mailto:team@worldofpadman.net "mailto:team@worldofpadman.net") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/worldofpadman/arch#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install World of PADMAN Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/) The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites) installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following: ``` git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git cd snapd makepkg -si ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install World of PADMAN To install World of PADMAN, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install worldofpadman ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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