How To Install libretro-beetle-vb on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-vb
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libretro-beetle-vb
libretro-beetle-vb is:
This wrapper makes Beetle VB core API compatible with libretro, thus allowing its use with libretro frontends, such as RetroArch.
Beetle is a fork of Mednafen for libretro. This core emulates the Nintendo Virtual Boy hardware.
There are three methods to install libretro-beetle-vb
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-vb 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-vb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libretro-beetle-vb
Install libretro-beetle-vb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libretro-beetle-vb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libretro-beetle-vb
Install libretro-beetle-vb 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-vb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libretro-beetle-vb
How To Uninstall libretro-beetle-vb on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libretro-beetle-vb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libretro-beetle-vb
Uninstall libretro-beetle-vb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libretro-beetle-vb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-beetle-vb
Remove libretro-beetle-vb Configurations and Data
To remove libretro-beetle-vb
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-beetle-vb
Remove libretro-beetle-vb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libretro-beetle-vb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-beetle-vb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-vb
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.