How To Install retroarch-assets on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install retroarch-assets on Kali Linux.

What is retroarch-assets

retroarch-assets is:

This package installs RetroArch assets for XMB, GLUI and Zarch menu drivers.

There are three methods to install retroarch-assets 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 retroarch-assets Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install retroarch-assets using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install retroarch-assets

Install retroarch-assets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install retroarch-assets using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install retroarch-assets

Install retroarch-assets 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 retroarch-assets using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install retroarch-assets

How To Uninstall retroarch-assets on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the retroarch-assets package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove retroarch-assets

Uninstall retroarch-assets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove retroarch-assets

Remove retroarch-assets Configurations and Data

To remove retroarch-assets configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge retroarch-assets

Remove retroarch-assets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove retroarch-assets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge retroarch-assets

Dependencies

retroarch-assets have the following dependencies:

• fonts-roboto-hinted

References

• retroarch-assets website

Summary

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