How to Install and Uninstall games-emulator Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the games-emulator on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "games-emulator" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install games-emulator on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                games-emulator
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "games-emulator" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall games-emulator on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the games-emulator package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: games-emulator
Source: debian-games
Version: 5
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: all
Depends: games-tasks (= 5)
Recommends: blastem, cen64, desmume, dolphin-emu, dosbox, fceux, fs-uae-arcade, gngb, hatari, mame, mednaffe, mgba-sdl, mupen64plus-ui-console, nestopia, osmose-emulator, pcsxr, retroarch, stella, virtualjaguar, visualboyadvance, yabause, yuzu
Suggests: efp, gnome-video-arcade, wine, zsnes
Description: Debian's emulators for games
Description-md5: b462f8a53dbd719ac1e25de3cc0042e6
Homepage: https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/
Tag: role::metapackage, use::gameplaying
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/debian-games/games-emulator_5_all.deb
Size: 5348
MD5sum: dfd52121ca3b199bccdaa56ccfe368b2
SHA256: 5ac78e62c3b73cbc4c480076be3676fc429bc8e3d4f660595c648b9ee88a06f6