How To Install libretro-nestopia on Debian 10

Learn how to install libretro-nestopia on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libretro-nestopia is libretro wrapper for Nestopia

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-nestopia on Debian 10.

What is libretro-nestopia

libretro-nestopia is:

Nestopia is a cycle-accurate NES/Famicom emulator. It has a high compatibility rate and support for many peripherals and input devices.

This package contains a wrapper allowing the Nestopia engine to be used with libretro frontends such as RetroArch.

There are three methods to install libretro-nestopia on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libretro-nestopia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libretro-nestopia

Install libretro-nestopia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libretro-nestopia

Install libretro-nestopia 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 libretro-nestopia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libretro-nestopia

How To Uninstall libretro-nestopia on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libretro-nestopia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libretro-nestopia

Uninstall libretro-nestopia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libretro-nestopia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-nestopia

Remove libretro-nestopia Configurations and Data

To remove libretro-nestopia configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-nestopia

Remove libretro-nestopia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-nestopia

Dependencies

libretro-nestopia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-nestopia package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.