How To Install yabause-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yabause-common on Ubuntu 18.04. yabause-common is beautiful and under-rated Saturn emulator - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yabause-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yabause-common

yabause-common is:

Yabause is a Sega Saturn emulator. It has the following features:

  • booting games from CD-ROM and ISO files
  • booting games with either an emulated or original BIOS
  • screenshot support
  • savegame backups
  • cheat system
  • fullscreen playing
  • multiple debugging options
  • joystick support
  • region select

This package contains arch-independend files like images and translations.

There are three methods to install yabause-common 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 yabause-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yabause-common

Install yabause-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yabause-common

Install yabause-common 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 yabause-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yabause-common

How To Uninstall yabause-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the yabause-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yabause-common

Uninstall yabause-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yabause-common

Remove yabause-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yabause-common

Remove yabause-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yabause-common

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Summary

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