How To Install mgba-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgba-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mgba-common
mgba-common is:
mGBA is a new emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack.
This package provides the common files for mGBA, such as shaders and DAT files.
Game Boy Advance is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. mGBA is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the companies mentioned.
There are three methods to install mgba-common 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 mgba-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgba-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgba-common
Install mgba-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgba-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgba-common
Install mgba-common 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 mgba-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgba-common
How To Uninstall mgba-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mgba-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgba-common
Uninstall mgba-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgba-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgba-common
Remove mgba-common Configurations and Data
To remove mgba-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgba-common
Remove mgba-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgba-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgba-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgba-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
