How To Install yabause on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install yabause on Debian 9. yabause is beautiful and under-rated Saturn emulator

Introduction

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

What is yabause

yabause 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 is a metapackage, which installs either the Qt or the Gtk version of Yabause.

There are three methods to install yabause 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 yabause 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yabause

Install yabause Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yabause

Install yabause 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 yabause using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yabause

How To Uninstall yabause on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove yabause

Uninstall yabause And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yabause and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yabause

Remove yabause Configurations and Data

To remove yabause configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yabause

Remove yabause configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yabause

Dependencies

yabause have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yabause package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.