How To Install drmips on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install drmips on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is drmips
drmips is:
DrMIPS is a graphical simulator of the MIPS processor to support computer architecture teaching and learning. It is intuitive, versatile and configurable.
The simulator is available not only for personal computers but also for Android devices, especially tablets.
DrMIPS was created under the Master’s dissertation entitled ‘Tool to Support Computer Architecture Teaching and Learning’ at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, in Portugal.
This package installs the PC version of the simulator.
There are three methods to install drmips on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install drmips Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install drmips using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install drmips
Install drmips Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install drmips using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install drmips
Install drmips 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 drmips using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install drmips
How To Uninstall drmips on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the drmips package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove drmips
Uninstall drmips And Its Dependencies
To uninstall drmips and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove drmips
Remove drmips Configurations and Data
To remove drmips configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge drmips
Remove drmips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove drmips configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drmips
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install drmips package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
