How To Install scummvm-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm-tools on Debian 12.
What is scummvm-tools
scummvm-tools is:
This package contains various tools which may be useful in conjunction with ScummVM.
The tools include:
- compression tools to re-compress ScummVM games’ assets;
- extraction tools, either to extract resources from game assets, or to convert assets from one format to another (e.g. PC Engine or Macintosh releases);
- game script analysis tools.
A GUI is provided alongside the command-line tools.
There are three methods to install scummvm-tools 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 scummvm-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scummvm-tools
Install scummvm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scummvm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scummvm-tools
Install scummvm-tools 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 scummvm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scummvm-tools
How To Uninstall scummvm-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the scummvm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scummvm-tools
Uninstall scummvm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scummvm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scummvm-tools
Remove scummvm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove scummvm-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scummvm-tools
Remove scummvm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scummvm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scummvm-tools
Dependencies
scummvm-tools have the following dependencies:
- libboost-program-options1.74.0
- libc6
- libflac12
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libogg0
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libvorbis0a
- libvorbisenc2
- libwxbase3.2-1
- libwxgtk3.2-1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scummvm-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.