How To Install libretro-beetle-wswan on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-wswan on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libretro-beetle-wswan
libretro-beetle-wswan is:
This wrapper makes Beetle WSWAN 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 Bandai handheld WonderSwan hardware.
The Mednafen WSWAN core is itself a fork of Cygne.
WonderSwan is (C) by Bandai, Cygne is (C) by Dox. All rights reserved.
There are three methods to install libretro-beetle-wswan 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-wswan 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-wswan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libretro-beetle-wswan
Install libretro-beetle-wswan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libretro-beetle-wswan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libretro-beetle-wswan
Install libretro-beetle-wswan 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-wswan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libretro-beetle-wswan
How To Uninstall libretro-beetle-wswan on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libretro-beetle-wswan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libretro-beetle-wswan
Uninstall libretro-beetle-wswan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libretro-beetle-wswan 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-wswan
Remove libretro-beetle-wswan Configurations and Data
To remove libretro-beetle-wswan configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-beetle-wswan
Remove libretro-beetle-wswan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libretro-beetle-wswan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-beetle-wswan
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-beetle-wswan package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
