How To Install gamehub on Debian 12

Learn how to install gamehub on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gamehub is Unified library for games from multiple sources

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub on Debian 12.

What is gamehub

gamehub is:

GameHub is a unified library for all your games. It allows you to store your games from different platforms into one program to make it easier for you to manage your games. With GameHub, you can:

  • store your games in one place
  • login to multiple platforms
  • install games from the supported sources
  • download game installers, DLCs and bonus content
  • automatically find artwork for games on SteamGridDB
  • setup emulators and automatically import emulated games
  • Overlays ?? multiple directories applied on top of each other to manage DLCs and mods
  • Tweaks ?? environment variable and command line overrides
  • multiple compatibility layers: Wine, Proton, DOSBox, RetroArch, ScummVM, WineWrap
  • multiple game platforms: Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, itch.io

There are three methods to install gamehub on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gamehub Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gamehub

Install gamehub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gamehub

Install gamehub 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 gamehub using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gamehub

How To Uninstall gamehub on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gamehub

Uninstall gamehub And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gamehub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamehub

Remove gamehub Configurations and Data

To remove gamehub configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gamehub

Remove gamehub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gamehub configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamehub

Dependencies

gamehub have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.