How To Install fuse-emulator-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install fuse-emulator-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fuse-emulator-utils is The Free Unix Spectrum Emulator - Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-emulator-utils on Debian 10.

What is fuse-emulator-utils

fuse-emulator-utils is:

The Fuse utilities are a few tools which may be of occasional use when dealing with ZX Spectrum emulator files. They were originally distributed with Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, but are now independent of Fuse and can be used on their own.

The available utilities are:

  • audio2tape: convert an audio file to tape format.
  • createhdf: create an empty .hdf IDE hard disk image.
  • fmfconv: converter tool for FMF movie files.
  • listbasic: list the BASIC in a snapshot or tape file.
  • profile2map: convert Fuse profiler output to Z80-style map format.
  • raw2hdf: create a .hdf IDE hard disk image from another file.
  • rzxcheck: verify the digital signature in an RZX file.
  • rzxdump: list the contents of an RZX input recording file.
  • rzxtool: add, extract or remove the embedded snapshot from an RZX file, or compress or uncompress the file.
  • scl2trd: convert .scl disk images to .trd disk images.
  • snap2tzx: convert snapshots to TZX tape images.
  • snapconv: convert between snapshot formats.
  • snapdump: list contents of snapshot files.
  • tape2pulses: dumps the pulse information from tape images to text files.
  • tape2wav: convert a tape file to .wav audio format.
  • tapeconv: convert between .tzx and .tap files.
  • tzxlist: list the contents of a TZX, TAP, PZX or Warajevo TAP file.

There are three methods to install fuse-emulator-utils on Debian 10. 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install fuse-emulator-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fuse-emulator-utils

Install fuse-emulator-utils 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 fuse-emulator-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fuse-emulator-utils

How To Uninstall fuse-emulator-utils on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fuse-emulator-utils

Uninstall fuse-emulator-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fuse-emulator-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove fuse-emulator-utils Configurations and Data

To remove fuse-emulator-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

fuse-emulator-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuse-emulator-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.