How To Install retroarch on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install retroarch on Debian 9. retroarch is Simple frontend for the libretro library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install retroarch on Debian 9.

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 three built-in GUI: RGUI, XMB and GLUI.

There are three methods to install retroarch 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 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.