How To Install libretro-desmume on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-desmume on Debian 10.

What is libretro-desmume

libretro-desmume is:

This wrapper makes DeSmuME core API compatible with libretro, thus allowing its use with libretro frontends, such as RetroArch.

DeSmuME attempts to emulate, as faithfully as possible, the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite handheld game consoles. Nintendo DSi is not supported.

Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi are registered trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. DeSmuME is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the companies mentioned.

There are three methods to install libretro-desmume on Debian 10. 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-desmume 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-desmume using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libretro-desmume

Install libretro-desmume Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libretro-desmume using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libretro-desmume

Install libretro-desmume 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libretro-desmume using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libretro-desmume

How To Uninstall libretro-desmume on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libretro-desmume package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libretro-desmume

Uninstall libretro-desmume And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libretro-desmume and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-desmume

Remove libretro-desmume Configurations and Data

To remove libretro-desmume configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-desmume

Remove libretro-desmume configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libretro-desmume configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-desmume

Dependencies

libretro-desmume have the following dependencies:

• retroarch
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• libretro-desmume website
• libretro-desmume on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-desmume package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.