How To Install hatari on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hatari on Debian 11.
What is hatari
hatari is:
Hatari is an emulator for the Atari ST line of computers.
The Atari ST was a 16/32 bit computer system which was first released by Atari in 1985. Using the Motorola 68000 CPU, it was a very popular computer having quite a lot of CPU power at that time.
Unlike most other open source Atari ST emulators which try to provide a good environment for running GEM applications, Hatari tries to emulate the hardware of a ST as close as possible so that it is able to run most of the old Atari games and demos. Because of this, it may be somewhat slower than less accurate emulators.
There are three methods to install hatari on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hatari Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hatari using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hatari
Install hatari Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hatari using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hatari
Install hatari 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 hatari using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hatari
How To Uninstall hatari on Debian 11
To uninstall only the hatari package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hatari
Uninstall hatari And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hatari and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hatari
Remove hatari Configurations and Data
To remove hatari configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hatari
Remove hatari configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hatari configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hatari
Dependencies
hatari have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hatari package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
