How To Install mess-desktop-entries on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mess-desktop-entries on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mess-desktop-entries
mess-desktop-entries is:
This is a collection of desktop entries to handle ROM files for certain game consoles. They use the Multiple Emulator Super System (MESS) to start a game by simply double-clicking the ROM file from a file manager.
There are three methods to install mess-desktop-entries on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mess-desktop-entries Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mess-desktop-entries using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mess-desktop-entries
Install mess-desktop-entries Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mess-desktop-entries using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mess-desktop-entries
Install mess-desktop-entries 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 mess-desktop-entries using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mess-desktop-entries
How To Uninstall mess-desktop-entries on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mess-desktop-entries package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mess-desktop-entries
Uninstall mess-desktop-entries And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mess-desktop-entries and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mess-desktop-entries
Remove mess-desktop-entries Configurations and Data
To remove mess-desktop-entries configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mess-desktop-entries
Remove mess-desktop-entries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mess-desktop-entries configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mess-desktop-entries
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mess-desktop-entries package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.