How To Install sense-emu-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sense-emu-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is sense-emu-tools
sense-emu-tools is:
sense-emu is an emulator of the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT which runs on multiple platforms, and provides an emulation of each sensor on the HAT, along with the pixel display and the joystick. The API is exactly the same as the official API, meaning code developed against the emulator should require no more than a one word change to run on the actual HAT.
This is the tools (GUI and command line) for the emulator.
There are three methods to install sense-emu-tools 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 sense-emu-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sense-emu-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sense-emu-tools
Install sense-emu-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sense-emu-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sense-emu-tools
Install sense-emu-tools 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 sense-emu-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sense-emu-tools
How To Uninstall sense-emu-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the sense-emu-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sense-emu-tools
Uninstall sense-emu-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sense-emu-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sense-emu-tools
Remove sense-emu-tools Configurations and Data
To remove sense-emu-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sense-emu-tools
Remove sense-emu-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sense-emu-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sense-emu-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sense-emu-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
