How To Install games-emulator on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-emulator on Debian 9. games-emulator is Debians emulators for games

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install games-emulator on Debian 9.

What is games-emulator

games-emulator is:

This metapackage will install emulators.

There are three methods to install games-emulator 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 games-emulator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install games-emulator

Install games-emulator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install games-emulator

Install games-emulator 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 games-emulator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install games-emulator

How To Uninstall games-emulator on Debian 9

To uninstall only the games-emulator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove games-emulator

Uninstall games-emulator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove games-emulator

Remove games-emulator Configurations and Data

To remove games-emulator configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge games-emulator

Remove games-emulator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge games-emulator

Dependencies

games-emulator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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