How To Install mupen64plus-video-glide64 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-glide64 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mupen64plus-video-glide64
mupen64plus-video-glide64 is:
High-level graphics emulation plugin for known microcodes based on Glide. This version includes a Glide-to-OpenGL wrapper which makes it independent of Voodoo cards. It supports advanced graphics effects of the N64.
It is based on Glide64 Wonder Plus which was ported to Linux and amd64.
There are three methods to install mupen64plus-video-glide64 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mupen64plus-video-glide64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-video-glide64 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mupen64plus-video-glide64
Install mupen64plus-video-glide64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mupen64plus-video-glide64 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mupen64plus-video-glide64
Install mupen64plus-video-glide64 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 mupen64plus-video-glide64 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mupen64plus-video-glide64
How To Uninstall mupen64plus-video-glide64 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mupen64plus-video-glide64 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mupen64plus-video-glide64
Uninstall mupen64plus-video-glide64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mupen64plus-video-glide64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mupen64plus-video-glide64
Remove mupen64plus-video-glide64 Configurations and Data
To remove mupen64plus-video-glide64 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mupen64plus-video-glide64
Remove mupen64plus-video-glide64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mupen64plus-video-glide64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mupen64plus-video-glide64
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mupen64plus-video-glide64 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
