How To Install mame-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-data on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• mame-data website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-data package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.