How To Install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Debian 9. libretro-beetle-pce-fast is Libretro wrapper for the Beetle PCE FAST core

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Debian 9.

What is libretro-beetle-pce-fast

libretro-beetle-pce-fast is:

This wrapper makes Beetle PCE FAST core API compatible with libretro, thus allowing its use with libretro frontends, such as RetroArch.

This core emulates the TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem, originally known in Japan as the PC Engine. It also emulates the TurboGrafx-CD (CD-ROM?).

Beetle PCE FAST is based in the Mednafen “pce_fast” module, so it has some tricks to speed up the hardware emulation, but with some loss in accuracy.

There are three methods to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libretro-beetle-pce-fast Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libretro-beetle-pce-fast using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Install libretro-beetle-pce-fast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libretro-beetle-pce-fast using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Install libretro-beetle-pce-fast 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 libretro-beetle-pce-fast using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libretro-beetle-pce-fast

How To Uninstall libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libretro-beetle-pce-fast package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Uninstall libretro-beetle-pce-fast And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libretro-beetle-pce-fast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Remove libretro-beetle-pce-fast Configurations and Data

To remove libretro-beetle-pce-fast configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Remove libretro-beetle-pce-fast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-beetle-pce-fast

Dependencies

libretro-beetle-pce-fast have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.