How To Install kcemu-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu-common on Kali Linux. kcemu-common is KC 85/4 emulator - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu-common on Kali Linux.

What is kcemu-common

kcemu-common is:

KCemu is an emulator for the KC85 homecomputer series and other Z80 based microcomputers like Z1013, LC80, Polycomputer 880 and BIC A5105. The emulation supports a number of additional hardware, e.g. floppy disk drives and extended graphic modules.

This package contains files common to all architectures.

The Debian package does not contain the ROM images required to run the emulated machines. Please refer to the README.Debian file for more.

Some alternate keywords for the above: KC85, KC87, LC80, Z1013, A5105, Polycomputer 880

For original programs and general information about the emulated computer systems have a look at http://www.kc-club.de/ and http://www.kc85emu.de/.

There are three methods to install kcemu-common 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 kcemu-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kcemu-common

Install kcemu-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kcemu-common

Install kcemu-common 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 kcemu-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kcemu-common

How To Uninstall kcemu-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kcemu-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kcemu-common

Uninstall kcemu-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kcemu-common

Remove kcemu-common Configurations and Data

To remove kcemu-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kcemu-common

Remove kcemu-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kcemu-common

Dependencies

kcemu-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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