How To Install tilem-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tilem-data on Ubuntu 18.04. tilem-data is GTK+ TI Z80 calculator emulator (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tilem-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tilem-data

tilem-data is:

TilEm is an emulator and debugger for Texas Instruments’ Z80-based graphing calculators. It can emulate any of the following calculator models:

  • TI-73 / TI-73 Explorer
  • TI-76.fr
  • TI-81
  • TI-82
  • TI-82 STATS / TI-82 STATS.fr
  • TI-83
  • TI-83 Plus / TI-83 Plus Silver Edition / TI-83 Plus.fr
  • TI-84 Plus / TI-84 Plus Silver Edition / TI-84 pocket.fr
  • TI-85
  • TI-86 TilEm fully supports all known versions of the above calculators (as of 2012), and attempts to reproduce the behavior of the original calculator hardware as faithfully as possible. In addition, TilEm can emulate the TI-Nspire’s virtual TI-84 Plus mode. This is currently experimental, and some programs may not work correctly.

TilEm runs on the X Window System on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like platforms, as well as on Microsoft Windows, and any other platform supported by the GTK+ library. In addition to the emulation, TilEm 2 provide a lot of extra features, such as:

  • Fully featured debugger
  • Grabbing screenshots and recording gif (animations)
  • Virtual linking (through libticables)
  • Flash writing and erasing
  • Application and OS loading
  • Scripting using macros

This package provides the data needed for the tilem package.

There are three methods to install tilem-data on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tilem-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tilem-data

Install tilem-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tilem-data

Install tilem-data 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 tilem-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tilem-data

How To Uninstall tilem-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tilem-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tilem-data

Uninstall tilem-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tilem-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilem-data

Remove tilem-data Configurations and Data

To remove tilem-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tilem-data

Remove tilem-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilem-data

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tilem-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.