How To Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced on Debian 12.
What is kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced is:
This package contains the appropriate Kodi configuration to allow the use of the bsnes-mercury balanced libretro core with Kodi via kodi-game-libretro.
This core is enabled to emulate only SNES hardware and its subsystems (from the command line only), like Super Game Boy, Satellaview and Sufami Turbo.
bsnes-mercury is a fork of higan, aiming to restore some useful features that have been removed, as well as improving performance a bit. Maximum accuracy is still uncompromisable; anything that affects accuracy is optional and off by default. The name is because metals are shiny, like the accuracy promises of bsnes, and mercury is the fastest metal.
This package pulls in the bsnes-mercury balanced core, which tries to keep a good balance between accuracy and performance. It runs almost all SNES games.
There are three methods to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced 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 kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced 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 kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
How To Uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced
Dependencies
kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced have the following dependencies:
References
- kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced website
- kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced on packages.debian.org
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
