How To Install higan on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install higan on Kali Linux. higan is Accurate multi-system emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install higan on Kali Linux.

What is higan

higan is:

higan is an emulator for systems from Nintendo (SNES, NES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance), Sega (Master System, Game Gear), NEC (PC Engine, SuperGrafx) and Bandai (WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color). It was formerly called bsnes and the SNES emulation is especially complete and polished.

higan strives to provide the most faithful hardware emulation possible. It focuses on accuracy and clean code, rather than speed and special features. It is meant as a reference emulator to document how the underlying hardware works. As a result the minimum system requirements are high.

There are three methods to install higan 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 higan Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install higan

Install higan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install higan

Install higan 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 higan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install higan

How To Uninstall higan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove higan

Uninstall higan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall higan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove higan

Remove higan Configurations and Data

To remove higan configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge higan

Remove higan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge higan

Dependencies

higan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install higan package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.