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

Last updated: May 21,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "retroarch" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install retroarch on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "retroarch" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall retroarch 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 retroarch package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: retroarch
Version: 1.14.0+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 13839
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: fonts-dejavu-core, libretro-core-info, retroarch-assets (>= 1.7.6+git20221024+dfsg), libasound2 (>= 1.0.18), libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0), libavformat59 (>= 7:5.0), libavutil57 (>= 7:5.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.17), libegl1, libflac12 (>= 1.3.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.2.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.2.0), libqt5network5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.15.1), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libswresample4 (>= 7:5.0), libswscale6 (>= 7:5.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2), libxv1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: libgamemode0
Suggests: xdg-utils
Description: Simple frontend for the libretro library
Description-md5: db15b920f515be08567631eca43bdd93
Homepage: https://www.libretro.com/
Tag: uitoolkit::qt, uitoolkit::sdl
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/retroarch/retroarch_1.14.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2662896
MD5sum: 0b571f1b7257ef5eb5b51cf1e021f722
SHA256: d97280b51547ed9b834cb3d0103a209bd08eb05db55f439ca337bf5b055b8c18