How To Install nestopia on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nestopia on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nestopia
nestopia is:
Nestopia is a cycle-accurate NES/Famicom emulator. It has a high compatibility rate and support for many peripherals and input devices.
Features: * Save states * Movie recording * Game rewinding * GUI or command line interface * Emulation of NTSC, PAL, and Dendy systems * Support for NES Zapper games * Support for Famicom Disk System games
There are three methods to install nestopia 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 nestopia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nestopia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nestopia
Install nestopia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nestopia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nestopia
Install nestopia 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 nestopia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nestopia
How To Uninstall nestopia on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nestopia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nestopia
Uninstall nestopia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nestopia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nestopia
Remove nestopia Configurations and Data
To remove nestopia configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nestopia
Remove nestopia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nestopia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nestopia
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nestopia package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
