How To Install gnuboy-x on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuboy-x
on Kali Linux.
What is gnuboy-x
gnuboy-x is:
Gnuboy is a portable Game Boy emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color on your PC or workstation.
This package includes X binaries.
There are three methods to install gnuboy-x
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 gnuboy-x Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuboy-x
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnuboy-x
Install gnuboy-x Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuboy-x
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnuboy-x
Install gnuboy-x 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 gnuboy-x
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnuboy-x
How To Uninstall gnuboy-x on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnuboy-x
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnuboy-x
Uninstall gnuboy-x And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnuboy-x
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuboy-x
Remove gnuboy-x Configurations and Data
To remove gnuboy-x
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnuboy-x
Remove gnuboy-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnuboy-x
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuboy-x
Dependencies
gnuboy-x have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuboy-x
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.