How To Install fceux on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fceux on Debian 9. fceux is all-in-one NES/Famicom Emulator

Introduction

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

What is fceux

fceux is:

FCE Ultra X [FCEUX] is an emulator of the original (8-bit) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It includes the following features (and many more):

   * fully customizable color palette rendering engine
   * complete sound emulation (all five channels)
   * support for up to four joystick controllers
   * zapper emulation for the mouse
   * GameGenie emulation
   * accepts compressed (PKZIP, gzip) ROM images
   * TCP/IP network play
   * Lua scripting

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fceux

Install fceux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fceux

Install fceux 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 fceux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fceux

How To Uninstall fceux on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fceux

Uninstall fceux And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fceux

Remove fceux Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fceux

Remove fceux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fceux

Dependencies

fceux have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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