How To Install opense-basic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opense-basic
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is opense-basic
opense-basic is:
OpenSE BASIC is a replacement ROM for the ZX Spectrum for use with emulators or real machines.
Some of the highlights include a faster and better version of Sinclair BASIC, an enhanced editor, AY support, ULAplus support, improved SCREEN$ handling for UDGs and 8-bit character sets and a faster and more accurate floating-point library.
OpenSE BASIC remains compatible with the majority of Spectrum software and hardware.
It can replace the original ROM in 16K/48K models out of the box. It’s also possible to run it in 128K models, but note that it does not include many functionalities present in the original ROMs of those machines, such as the 128K menu, editor and +3DOS.
There are three methods to install opense-basic
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opense-basic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opense-basic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opense-basic
Install opense-basic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opense-basic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opense-basic
Install opense-basic 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 opense-basic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opense-basic
How To Uninstall opense-basic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the opense-basic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opense-basic
Uninstall opense-basic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opense-basic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opense-basic
Remove opense-basic Configurations and Data
To remove opense-basic
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opense-basic
Remove opense-basic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opense-basic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opense-basic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opense-basic
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.