How To Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Debian 9.
What is mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
mupen64plus-video-arachnoid is:
High-level graphics emulation plugin for known microcodes based on OpenGL, but works completely without vertex and pixel shaders. This makes it a good choice for older graphics hardware.
Arachnoid is based on a GPLv2+ fork of the glN64 source code.
There are three methods to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Debian 9. 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-video-arachnoid 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-video-arachnoid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
How To Uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mupen64plus-video-arachnoid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mupen64plus-video-arachnoid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid Configurations and Data
To remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mupen64plus-video-arachnoid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupen64plus-video-arachnoid
Dependencies
mupen64plus-video-arachnoid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-arachnoid package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.