How To Install ares on Debian 12

Learn how to install ares on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ares is Accurate multi-system emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ares on Debian 12.

What is ares

ares is:

ares is an emulator for systems from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, NEC, SNK, Microsoft, Coleco, Bandai and Benesse. It is a descendent of higan and bsnes and focuses on accuracy and preservation. The SNES emulation is especially complete and polished.

There are three methods to install ares 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 ares Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ares

Install ares Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ares

Install ares 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 ares using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ares

How To Uninstall ares on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ares

Uninstall ares And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ares and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ares

Remove ares Configurations and Data

To remove ares configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ares

Remove ares configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ares

Dependencies

ares have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ares package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.