How To Install mupen64plus-ui-console on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-ui-console on Kali Linux. mupen64plus-ui-console is console frontend for mupen64plus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-ui-console on Kali Linux.

What is mupen64plus-ui-console

mupen64plus-ui-console is:

Minimal console user interface for mupen64plus. Features provided:

  • Changeable emulation plugins for audio, core, input, rsp, video
  • Selection of emulation core
  • Graphical OSD for status output
  • Setting of configuration variable per session or in configuration file
  • Cheat database support
  • Loading of roms

It does not provide any sort of graphical setup or functionality to uncompress files.

There are three methods to install mupen64plus-ui-console 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 mupen64plus-ui-console Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-ui-console using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mupen64plus-ui-console

Install mupen64plus-ui-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-ui-console using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mupen64plus-ui-console

Install mupen64plus-ui-console 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 mupen64plus-ui-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mupen64plus-ui-console

How To Uninstall mupen64plus-ui-console on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mupen64plus-ui-console package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mupen64plus-ui-console

Uninstall mupen64plus-ui-console And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mupen64plus-ui-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupen64plus-ui-console

Remove mupen64plus-ui-console Configurations and Data

To remove mupen64plus-ui-console configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mupen64plus-ui-console

Remove mupen64plus-ui-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mupen64plus-ui-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupen64plus-ui-console

Dependencies

mupen64plus-ui-console have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-ui-console package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.