How To Install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari800 in AlmaLinux 8. atari800 is An emulator of 8-bit Atari personal computers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is atari800

Atari800 is an emulator for the 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 models of the Atari personal computer. It can be used on console, FrameBuffer or X11. It features excellent compatibility, HIFI sound support, artifacting emulation, precise cycle-exact ANTIC/GTIA emulation and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install atari800.

Install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install atari800 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install atari800

Install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install atari800 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install atari800

How To Uninstall atari800 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the atari800 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove atari800

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atari800 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.