How To Install kcemu on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 kcemu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kcemu
How To Uninstall kcemu on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kcemu
Remove kcemu Configurations and Data
To remove kcemu configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kcemu package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
