How To Install cen64 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cen64 on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.