How To Install atari++ on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari++ on CentOS 7. atari++ is Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari++ on CentOS 7.

What is atari++

The Atari++ Emulator is a Unix based emulator of the Atari eight bit computers, namely the Atari 400 and 800, the Atari 400XL, 800XL and 130XE, and the Atari 5200 game console. The emulator is auto-configurable and will compile on a variety of systems (Linux, Solaris, Irix). Atari++ 1.30 and up contain a built-in ROM emulation that tries to mimic the AtariXL operating system closely.

We can use yum or dnf to install atari++ on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install atari++.

Install atari++ on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install atari++ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install atari++

Install atari++ on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install atari++ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install atari++

How To Uninstall atari++ on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the atari++ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove atari++

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari++ on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.