How To Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Kali Linux. mupen64plus-video-arachnoid is Arachnoid high-level graphics emulation for mupen64plus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Kali Linux.

What is mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

mupen64plus-video-arachnoid is:

High-level graphics emulation plugin for known microcodes based on OpenGL, but works completely without vertex and pixel shaders. This makes it a good choice for older graphics hardware.

Arachnoid is based on a GPLv2+ fork of the glN64 source code.

There are three methods to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Kali Linux. 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-video-arachnoid 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-video-arachnoid using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

How To Uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid Configurations and Data

To remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupen64plus-video-arachnoid

Dependencies

mupen64plus-video-arachnoid have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.