How To Install cbios on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbios on Debian 9. cbios is open source MSX BIOS roms

Introduction

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

What is cbios

cbios is:

C-BIOS is an open source BIOS for MSX computers.

C-BIOS can be shipped with MSX emulators so they are usable out-of-the-box. It comes readily configured for the openMSX emulator.

There are three methods to install cbios 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 cbios Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cbios

Install cbios Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cbios

Install cbios 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 cbios using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cbios

How To Uninstall cbios on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cbios

Uninstall cbios And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cbios

Remove cbios Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cbios

Remove cbios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cbios

Dependencies

cbios have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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