How To Install mednafen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mednafen
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mednafen
mednafen is:
Mednafen is a command-line driven emulator for many different systems. It has full support for OpenGL and SDL graphics, network play, remappable input configuration, joystick and keyboard support, save states, game rewinding, GSF playback, and screenshots.
The systems supported by Mednafen are: * Atari Lynx * GameBoy * GameBoy Color * GameBoy Advance * NES * SNES * Virtual Boy * PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16) * PC-FX * SuperGrafx * NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo Pocket Color * WonderSwan * Sega Genesis / Mega Drive * Sega Saturn * Sony PlayStation
Hardware emulated by Mednafen includes: * NES gamepad, Zapper, PowerPad * Four-Score, Famicom multiplayer adapter * Arkanoid, HyperShot, Space Shadow, Mahjong controllers * Oeka Kids tablet, Quiz King buzzers, Family Trainer, Barcode World * Game Genie
There are three methods to install mednafen
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mednafen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mednafen
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mednafen
Install mednafen Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mednafen
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mednafen
Install mednafen 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mednafen
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mednafen
How To Uninstall mednafen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mednafen
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mednafen
Uninstall mednafen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mednafen
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mednafen
Remove mednafen Configurations and Data
To remove mednafen
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mednafen
Remove mednafen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mednafen
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mednafen
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mednafen
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.