How To Install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy is:
This wrapper makes bsnes-mercury accuracy core API compatible with libretro, thus allowing its use with libretro frontends, such as RetroArch.
This core is enabled to emulate only SNES hardware and its subsystems (from the command line only), like Super Game Boy, Satellaview and Sufami Turbo.
bsnes-mercury is a fork of higan, aiming to restore some useful features that have been removed, as well as improving performance a bit. Maximum accuracy is still uncompromisable; anything that affects accuracy is optional and off by default. The name is because metals are shiny, like the accuracy promises of bsnes, and mercury is the fastest metal.
This package comes with the bsnes-mercury accuracy core, which runs 100% of SNES games, with perfect emulation of the console. It requires high CPU usage.
There are three methods to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy 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-bsnes-mercury-accuracy 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-bsnes-mercury-accuracy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
Install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
Install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy 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-bsnes-mercury-accuracy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
How To Uninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
Uninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
Remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy Configurations and Data
To remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
Remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
