How to Install and Uninstall retroarch Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "retroarch" package

Learn how to install retroarch on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall retroarch on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                retroarch
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the retroarch package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: retroarch
Source: retroarch (1.7.3+dfsg1-1.1)
Version: 1.7.3+dfsg1-1.1+b2
Installed-Size: 4774
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: fonts-dejavu-core, libretro-core-info, retroarch-assets, libasound2 (>= 1.0.18), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.17), libegl1, libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libminiupnpc17 (>= 1.9.20140610), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.2.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.2.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.11.0~rc1), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12+dfsg1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16), libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.0.2), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxv1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: Simple frontend for the libretro library
Description-md5: 3dde528dcf9a3ec987b90319552fca63
Homepage: https://www.libretro.com/
Tag: uitoolkit::qt, uitoolkit::sdl
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/retroarch/retroarch_1.7.3+dfsg1-1.1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 1389244
MD5sum: 9ccf13898d8279902c7ca3efc620bdd5
SHA256: baa879fba5aedf9a525d43ab975e78753cf7f7d22212d1ff6697522986d81f47