How To Install osmose-emulator on Debian 12

Learn how to install osmose-emulator on Debian 12 with this tutorial. osmose-emulator is Sega Master System and Game Gear console emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmose-emulator on Debian 12.

What is osmose-emulator

osmose-emulator is:

A multi-machine emulator for platforms of Sega consoles (Master System and Game Gear) and compatible for all games.

Simulates hardware extremely accurately which ensures that these classic games are represented exactly like they were on the real systems.

Osmose has a clean graphical user interface based on QT and a simplified setup process, and supports ROM archives in the SMS and GG formats.

There are three methods to install osmose-emulator on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install osmose-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 osmose-emulator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install osmose-emulator

Install osmose-emulator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmose-emulator

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

sudo aptitude -y install osmose-emulator

How To Uninstall osmose-emulator on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove osmose-emulator

Uninstall osmose-emulator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osmose-emulator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmose-emulator

Remove osmose-emulator Configurations and Data

To remove osmose-emulator configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmose-emulator

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

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

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

Dependencies

osmose-emulator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmose-emulator package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.