How To Install libmupen64plus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmupen64plus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libmupen64plus-dev is mupen64plus development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmupen64plus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmupen64plus-dev

libmupen64plus-dev is:

Flexible N64 Emulator for Linux that works with many ROMs that are publically available. It consists of separate components to provide an user interface, audio and graphics output, controller input, co-processor emulation and an emulator core.

This package contains everything which is needed to build plugins or frontends against the mupen64plus API.

There are three methods to install libmupen64plus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmupen64plus-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmupen64plus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmupen64plus-dev

Install libmupen64plus-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmupen64plus-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmupen64plus-dev

Install libmupen64plus-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmupen64plus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmupen64plus-dev

How To Uninstall libmupen64plus-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmupen64plus-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmupen64plus-dev

Uninstall libmupen64plus-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmupen64plus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmupen64plus-dev

Remove libmupen64plus-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmupen64plus-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmupen64plus-dev

Remove libmupen64plus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmupen64plus-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmupen64plus-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmupen64plus-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.