How To Install fuse-emulator-sdl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-emulator-sdl on Kali Linux. fuse-emulator-sdl is The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator (SDL version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-emulator-sdl on Kali Linux.

What is fuse-emulator-sdl

fuse-emulator-sdl is:

Fuse is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator. It supports several models (including 16K/48K/128K/+2/+2A/+3 and some clones), with quite faithful emulation of the display and sound.

Its features include:

  • Accurate Spectrum 16K/48K/128K/+2/+2A/+3 emulation.
  • Working Spectrum +3e and SE, Timex TC2048, TC2068 and TS2068, Pentagon 128, “512” (Pentagon 128 with extra memory) and 1024 and Scorpion ZS 256 emulation.
  • Runs at true Speccy speed on any computer you’re likely to try it on.
  • It can load Z80, SZX and SNA snapshots, TAP and TZX virtual-tape files (including accelerated loading), MDR microdrive images and DSK floppy disk images, among many others.
  • Sound.
  • Built-in debugger.
  • Emulation of most of the common joysticks used on the Spectrum (including Kempston, Sinclair and Cursor joysticks).
  • Emulation of some of the printers you could attach to a Spectrum.
  • Support for the RZX input recording file format, including rollback and ‘competition mode’.
  • Recording of movies to FMF files.
  • Emulation of the Currah ?Source, DivIDE, DivMMC, Interface 1, Kempston mouse, Multiface One/128/3, Spectrum +3e, ZXATASP, ZXCF and ZXMMC interfaces.
  • Emulation of the Covox, Fuller audio box, Melodik and SpecDrum audio interfaces.
  • Emulation of the Beta 128, +D, Didaktik 80/40, DISCiPLE and Opus Discovery disk interfaces.
  • Emulation of the Spectranet and SpeccyBoot network interfaces.
  • Support for the Recreated ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard.

This package provides binaries for the SDL version of Fuse.

There are three methods to install fuse-emulator-sdl on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fuse-emulator-sdl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fuse-emulator-sdl

Install fuse-emulator-sdl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fuse-emulator-sdl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fuse-emulator-sdl

Install fuse-emulator-sdl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fuse-emulator-sdl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fuse-emulator-sdl

How To Uninstall fuse-emulator-sdl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fuse-emulator-sdl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fuse-emulator-sdl

Uninstall fuse-emulator-sdl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fuse-emulator-sdl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuse-emulator-sdl

Remove fuse-emulator-sdl Configurations and Data

To remove fuse-emulator-sdl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fuse-emulator-sdl

Remove fuse-emulator-sdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fuse-emulator-sdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuse-emulator-sdl

Dependencies

fuse-emulator-sdl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-emulator-sdl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.