How to Install and Uninstall mame Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mame" package

This is a short guide on how to install mame on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mame
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mame" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mame 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 mame package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mame
Version: 0.251+dfsg.1-1
Installed-Size: 348707
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mess (<< 0.162)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libflac12 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgl1, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblua5.3-0, libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libportmidi0, libpugixml1v5 (>= 1.7), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.11.0~rc1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.11.0~rc1), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.0.2), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.14), libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.15), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.11), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libutf8proc2 (>= 1.3), libx11-6, libxi6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2), mame-data (= 0.251+dfsg.1-1)
Suggests: gnome-video-arcade, mame-doc, mame-extra, mame-tools
Breaks: mess (<< 0.162)
Description: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME)
Description-md5: c1a979c3e6a14cb9a8592744c96896b9
Homepage: https://mamedev.org/
Tag: game::arcade, hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c++,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, uitoolkit::qt,
uitoolkit::sdl, use::gameplaying, x11::application
Section: games
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mame/mame_0.251+dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 67068448
MD5sum: fafc4a6e2cc0b00461f16ac52fb0178c
SHA256: 3f07f51c7285d207f2cde099c65dd635bbe8a4d3f40ce68b5813c7f6b1953ec7