How To Install kodi-game-libretro on Debian 12

Learn how to install kodi-game-libretro on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kodi-game-libretro is Libretro wrapper for Kodis Game API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro on Debian 12.

What is `kodi-game-libretro`

kodi-game-libretro is:

This add-on provides a wrapper that allows Libretro cores to be loaded as game add-ons. Libretro cores are shared libraries that use the Libretro API, so the wrapper is responsible for translating function calls between the Libretro API and the Game API.

There are three methods to install kodi-game-libretro 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kodi-game-libretro

Install kodi-game-libretro Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kodi-game-libretro using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kodi-game-libretro

Install kodi-game-libretro 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kodi-game-libretro

How To Uninstall kodi-game-libretro on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kodi-game-libretro package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kodi-game-libretro

Uninstall kodi-game-libretro And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kodi-game-libretro 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

Remove kodi-game-libretro Configurations and Data

To remove kodi-game-libretro configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-game-libretro

Remove kodi-game-libretro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kodi-game-libretro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-game-libretro

Dependencies

kodi-game-libretro have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-game-libretro package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.