How To Install fceux on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fceux on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fceux
fceux is:
FCE Ultra X [FCEUX] is an emulator of the original (8-bit) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It includes the following features (and many more):
* fully customizable color palette rendering engine
* complete sound emulation (all five channels)
* support for up to four joystick controllers
* zapper emulation for the mouse
* GameGenie emulation
* accepts compressed (PKZIP, gzip) ROM images
* TCP/IP network play
* Lua scripting
There are three methods to install fceux 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 fceux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fceux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fceux
Install fceux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fceux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fceux
Install fceux 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 fceux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fceux
How To Uninstall fceux on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fceux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fceux
Uninstall fceux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fceux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fceux
Remove fceux Configurations and Data
To remove fceux configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fceux
Remove fceux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fceux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fceux
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fceux package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
