How To Install gamehub on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gamehub
gamehub is:
GameHub is a unified library for all your games. It allows you to store your games from different platforms into one program to make it easier for you to manage your games. With GameHub, you can:
- store your games in one place
- login to multiple platforms
- install games from the supported sources
- download game installers, DLCs and bonus content
- automatically find artwork for games on SteamGridDB
- setup emulators and automatically import emulated games
- Overlays — multiple directories applied on top of each other to manage DLCs and mods
- Tweaks — environment variable and command line overrides
- multiple compatibility layers: Wine, Proton, DOSBox, RetroArch, ScummVM, WineWrap
- multiple game platforms: Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, itch.io
There are three methods to install gamehub 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 gamehub Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gamehub
Install gamehub Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gamehub
Install gamehub 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 gamehub using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gamehub
How To Uninstall gamehub on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gamehub package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gamehub
Uninstall gamehub And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gamehub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamehub
Remove gamehub Configurations and Data
To remove gamehub configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gamehub
Remove gamehub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gamehub configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamehub
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
