How To Install scummvm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm
on Debian 12.
What is scummvm
scummvm is:
ScummVM is a `virtual machine’ for several classic graphical point-and-click adventure games. It is designed to run Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky, and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. See the official compatibility list at http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php for a full list of supported games.
The game data of four games compatible with ScummVM is included in Debian. These are:
- Beneath a Steel Sky (package: beneath-a-steel-sky)
- Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back (package: drascula)
- Flight of the Amazon Queen (package: flight-of-the-amazon-queen)
- Lure of the Temptress (package: lure-of-the-temptress)
To actually make use of ScummVM, you’ll have to install one of these, or obtain the proprietary game data for another supported game from somewhere else.
There are three methods to install scummvm
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 scummvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scummvm
Install scummvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scummvm
Install scummvm 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 scummvm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scummvm
How To Uninstall scummvm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the scummvm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scummvm
Uninstall scummvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scummvm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scummvm
Remove scummvm Configurations and Data
To remove scummvm
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scummvm
Remove scummvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scummvm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scummvm
Dependencies
scummvm have the following dependencies:
- liba52-0.7.4
- libasound2
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfaad2
- libflac12
- libfluidsynth3
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgif7
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libieee1284-3
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libmad0
- libmpeg2-4
- libogg0
- libpng16-16
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-net-2.0-0
- libsndio7.0
- libspeechd2
- libstdc++6
- libtheora0
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisfile3
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.