How To Install bochs-sdl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-sdl on Debian 9.
What is bochs-sdl
bochs-sdl is:
Bochs is a highly portable free IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.
This package contains an SDL GUI plugin for Bochs.
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There are three methods to install bochs-sdl 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 bochs-sdl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bochs-sdl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bochs-sdl
Install bochs-sdl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bochs-sdl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bochs-sdl
Install bochs-sdl 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 bochs-sdl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bochs-sdl
How To Uninstall bochs-sdl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bochs-sdl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bochs-sdl
Uninstall bochs-sdl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bochs-sdl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bochs-sdl
Remove bochs-sdl Configurations and Data
To remove bochs-sdl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bochs-sdl
Remove bochs-sdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bochs-sdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bochs-sdl
Dependencies
bochs-sdl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-sdl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
