How To Install librcheevos-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librcheevos-dev on Debian 12.
What is librcheevos-dev
librcheevos-dev is:
rcheevos is a set of C code, or a library if you will, that tries to make it easier for emulators to process RetroAchievements data, providing support for achievements and leader boards for their players.
Keep in mind that rcheevos does not provide HTTP network connections. Clients must get data from RetroAchievements, and pass the response down to rcheevos for processing.
Not all structures defined by rcheevos can be created via the public API, but are exposed to allow interactions beyond just creation, destruction, and testing, such as the ones required by UI code that helps to create them.
Finally, rcheevos does not allocate or manage memory by itself. All structures that can be returned by it have a function to determine the number of bytes needed to hold the structure, and another one that actually builds the structure using a caller-provided buffer to bake it.
It is currently only available as a static library.
There are three methods to install librcheevos-dev 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 librcheevos-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 librcheevos-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librcheevos-dev
Install librcheevos-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librcheevos-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librcheevos-dev
Install librcheevos-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install librcheevos-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librcheevos-dev
How To Uninstall librcheevos-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the librcheevos-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librcheevos-dev
Uninstall librcheevos-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librcheevos-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librcheevos-dev
Remove librcheevos-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librcheevos-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librcheevos-dev
Remove librcheevos-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librcheevos-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librcheevos-dev
Dependencies
librcheevos-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librcheevos-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
