How To Install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast on Ubuntu 18.04.
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-ROM²).
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-pce-fast package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
