How To Install retroarch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install retroarch on Debian 12.
What is retroarch
retroarch is:
RetroArch is an open source, multi-platform frontend for the libretro API. It can be used as a modular multi emulator system, game engine, media player and 3D technical demonstration. These features are available through libretro cores.
It provides four built-in interfaces: Ozone, GLUI, RGUI and XMB.
There are three methods to install retroarch on Debian 12. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install retroarch
Install retroarch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install retroarch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install retroarch
Install retroarch 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 retroarch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install retroarch
How To Uninstall retroarch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the retroarch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove retroarch
Uninstall retroarch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall retroarch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove retroarch
Remove retroarch Configurations and Data
To remove retroarch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge retroarch
Remove retroarch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove retroarch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge retroarch
Dependencies
retroarch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install retroarch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
