How To Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Debian 12.
What is kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance is:
This package contains the appropriate Kodi configuration to allow the use of the bsnes-mercury performance 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 performance core, which provides faster emulation at the cost of reduced accuracy, including problems with some games.
There are three methods to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance 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-performance 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-performance using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance 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-performance using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
Install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance 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-performance using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
How To Uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
Uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance 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-performance
Remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
Remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
Dependencies
kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance have the following dependencies:
References
- kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance website
- kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on packages.debian.org
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
