How To Install gnome-video-arcade on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-video-arcade on Debian 12.
What is gnome-video-arcade
gnome-video-arcade is:
GNOME Video Arcade is a simple MAME frontend for the GNOME desktop. Its goal is not providing a UI for the many options MAME supports, or helping manage a ROM collection: the focus is on a clean interface that allows quick search and launch of games, thanks to the use of tags.
There are three methods to install gnome-video-arcade 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 gnome-video-arcade Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-video-arcade using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-video-arcade
Install gnome-video-arcade Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-video-arcade using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-video-arcade
Install gnome-video-arcade 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 gnome-video-arcade using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-video-arcade
How To Uninstall gnome-video-arcade on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-video-arcade package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-video-arcade
Uninstall gnome-video-arcade And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-video-arcade and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-video-arcade
Remove gnome-video-arcade Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-video-arcade configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-video-arcade
Remove gnome-video-arcade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-video-arcade configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-video-arcade
Dependencies
gnome-video-arcade have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libwnck-3-0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- mame
- gsettings-desktop-schemas
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-video-arcade package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.