How To Install gbsplay on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbsplay
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gbsplay
gbsplay is:
This program emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy. It is able to play the sounds from a Gameboy module dump (.GBS format). Also included is the gbsinfo tool which displays information about a .GBS file.
There are three methods to install gbsplay
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 gbsplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gbsplay
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gbsplay
Install gbsplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gbsplay
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gbsplay
Install gbsplay 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 gbsplay
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gbsplay
How To Uninstall gbsplay on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gbsplay
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gbsplay
Uninstall gbsplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gbsplay
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbsplay
Remove gbsplay Configurations and Data
To remove gbsplay
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gbsplay
Remove gbsplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gbsplay
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbsplay
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbsplay
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.