How To Install mupen64plus on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus on Debian 9. mupen64plus is plugin-based Nintendo 64 emulator (transitional dummy package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus on Debian 9.

What is mupen64plus

mupen64plus is:

This is a dummy package to ease transition to a mupen64plus frontend.

It can safely be removed from your system.

There are three methods to install mupen64plus 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 mupen64plus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mupen64plus

Install mupen64plus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mupen64plus

Install mupen64plus 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 mupen64plus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mupen64plus

How To Uninstall mupen64plus on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mupen64plus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mupen64plus

Uninstall mupen64plus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mupen64plus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupen64plus

Remove mupen64plus Configurations and Data

To remove mupen64plus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mupen64plus

Remove mupen64plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mupen64plus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupen64plus

Dependencies

mupen64plus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.