How To Install mame-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-data on Debian 12.
What is mame-data
mame-data is:
MAME is a hardware emulator: it faithfully reproduces the behavior of many arcade machines (it is not a simulation). This program is not a game but can directly, through ROM images, run the complete system of these old arcade machines. These ROMs are subject to copyright and it is in most of the cases illegal to use them if you do not own the arcade machine.
This package provides MAME hash files, keymaps, artwork, language files, shaders, plugins and audio samples.
There are three methods to install mame-data on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mame-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mame-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mame-data
Install mame-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mame-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mame-data
Install mame-data 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 mame-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mame-data
How To Uninstall mame-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mame-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mame-data
Uninstall mame-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mame-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mame-data
Remove mame-data Configurations and Data
To remove mame-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mame-data
Remove mame-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mame-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mame-data
Dependencies
mame-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
