How To Install retro-runner on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install retro-runner
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is retro-runner
retro-runner is:
retro-gtk is a library for developers to make GTK+ frontends for the libretro API.
libretro is an API for the creation of games and emulators. The emulators and platforms are distributed as “libretro cores”.
Therefore, a developer can use retro-gtk to make a gaming app that should be able to play any game that can be played using libretro cores.
This package contains the background service.
There are three methods to install retro-runner
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install retro-runner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install retro-runner
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install retro-runner
Install retro-runner Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install retro-runner
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install retro-runner
Install retro-runner 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install retro-runner
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install retro-runner
How To Uninstall retro-runner on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the retro-runner
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove retro-runner
Uninstall retro-runner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall retro-runner
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove retro-runner
Remove retro-runner Configurations and Data
To remove retro-runner
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge retro-runner
Remove retro-runner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove retro-runner
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge retro-runner
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install retro-runner
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.