How To Install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Kali Linux.
What is libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance
libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance is:
This wrapper makes bsnes-mercury performance 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 performance core, which provides faster emulation at the cost of reduced accuracy, including problems with some games.
There are three methods to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Kali Linux. 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-performance Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceInstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceInstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceHow To Uninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceUninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceRemove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance Configurations and Data
To remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceRemove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-bsnes-mercury-performanceDependencies
libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.