How To Install mame-extra on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-extra on Debian 12.
What is mame-extra
mame-extra 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 additional data files for the MAME arcade emulator: nplayers.ini – provide information about multi-player support history.dat – provides a brief historical overview of each game
There are three methods to install mame-extra 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-extra 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-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mame-extra
Install mame-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mame-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mame-extra
Install mame-extra 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-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mame-extra
How To Uninstall mame-extra on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mame-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mame-extra
Uninstall mame-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mame-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mame-extra
Remove mame-extra Configurations and Data
To remove mame-extra configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mame-extra
Remove mame-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mame-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mame-extra
Dependencies
mame-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mame-extra package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
