How To Install kcemu on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu on Kali Linux. kcemu is KC 85/4 emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu on Kali Linux.

What is kcemu

kcemu is:

KCemu is an emulator for the KC85 homecomputer series and other Z80 based microcomputers like Z1013, LC80, Polycomputer 880 and BIC A5105. The emulation supports a number of additional hardware, e.g. floppy disk drives and extended graphic modules.

The Debian package does not contain the ROM images required to run the emulated machines. Please refer to the README.Debian file for more information.

Some alternate keywords for the above: KC85, KC87, LC80, Z1013, A5105, Polycomputer 880

For original programs and general information about the emulated computer systems have a look at http://www.kc-club.de/ and http://www.kc85emu.de/.

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

Install kcemu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kcemu

Install kcemu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kcemu

Install kcemu Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install kcemu

How To Uninstall kcemu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kcemu

Uninstall kcemu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kcemu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kcemu

Remove kcemu Configurations and Data

To remove kcemu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kcemu

Remove kcemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kcemu

Dependencies

kcemu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.