How To Install mame on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mame on Kali Linux. mame is Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME)

Introduction

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

What is mame

mame 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 the MAME binary and configuration files.

There are three methods to install mame 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mame

Install mame Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mame using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mame

Install mame 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mame

How To Uninstall mame on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mame package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mame

Uninstall mame And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mame

Remove mame Configurations and Data

To remove mame configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mame

Remove mame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mame

Dependencies

mame have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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