How To Install cen64 on Debian 10

Learn how to install cen64 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. cen64 is Cycle-Accurate Nintendo 64 Simulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cen64 on Debian 10.

What is cen64

cen64 is:

CEN64 is a new Nintendo 64 emulator which aims for perfect emulation by simulating the hardware inside the Nintendo 64 itself, down to the register-transfer level (RTL). It is still heavy under development and currently does not have any sound emulation.

Being a cycle-accurate emulator, CEN64 has considerably high hardware requirements to achieve passable performance when emulating most Nintendo 64 titles. However, similar to the higan emulator, the cycle accuracy guarantess very high compatibility and despite its early development stage, CEN64 already allows one to run several commercial titles without or with only minor glitches.

As a distinctive feature among Nintendo 64 emulators, CEN64 offers emulation support for the 64DD external disk drive that was never released outside Japan and even there is considered rare. Thus, CEN64 offers the unique possibility for anyone to play any of the rare titles that were exclusively released on the 64DD.

There are three methods to install cen64 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cen64 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cen64 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cen64

Install cen64 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cen64 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cen64

Install cen64 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 cen64 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cen64

How To Uninstall cen64 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the cen64 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cen64

Uninstall cen64 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cen64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cen64

Remove cen64 Configurations and Data

To remove cen64 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cen64

Remove cen64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cen64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cen64

Dependencies

cen64 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cen64 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.