How To Install dosbox on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosbox
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dosbox
dosbox is:
DOSBox is a x86 emulator with Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA graphics, sound and DOS. It’s been designed to run old DOS games under platforms that don’t support it. (Win2k/XP/FreeBSD/Linux/MAC OS X)
The following legacy sound devices are emulated: PC Speaker, Creative CMS/Gameblaster, Tandy 3 voice, Adlib, Sound Blaster Pro/16, Disney Soundsource and a Gravis Ultrasound. MPU-401 is forwarded to the host.
There are three methods to install dosbox
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dosbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dosbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dosbox
Install dosbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dosbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dosbox
Install dosbox 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dosbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dosbox
How To Uninstall dosbox on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dosbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dosbox
Uninstall dosbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dosbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dosbox
Remove dosbox Configurations and Data
To remove dosbox
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dosbox
Remove dosbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dosbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dosbox
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosbox
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.