How To Install mgba-sdl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgba-sdl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mgba-sdl
mgba-sdl 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 SDL UI console for mGBA.
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-sdl
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 mgba-sdl 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-sdl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgba-sdl
Install mgba-sdl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgba-sdl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgba-sdl
Install mgba-sdl 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-sdl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgba-sdl
How To Uninstall mgba-sdl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mgba-sdl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgba-sdl
Uninstall mgba-sdl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgba-sdl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgba-sdl
Remove mgba-sdl Configurations and Data
To remove mgba-sdl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgba-sdl
Remove mgba-sdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgba-sdl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgba-sdl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgba-sdl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.