How to Install and Uninstall games-emulator Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "games-emulator" package

This is a short guide on how to install games-emulator on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall games-emulator on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                games-emulator
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the games-emulator package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: games-emulator
Priority: optional
Section: universe/metapackages
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Games Team
Architecture: all
Source: debian-games
Version: 1ubuntu2
Depends: games-tasks (= 1ubuntu2)
Recommends: desmume, dosbox, fceux, fs-uae-arcade, hatari, higan, mednafen, nestopia, pcsxr, stella, virtualjaguar, visualboyadvance, yabause
Suggests: efp, wine, zsnes
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-games/games-emulator_1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 4274
MD5sum: 3b2a878bca7c46d9241ea3161a33d6d6
SHA1: 3ba3cc8742724a66d79bd2e56beb5d485751224e
SHA256: 5319c0ca5062f14a25e99b0eaedf9c03252a36f5aad7864208140101c8f7c6ed
Description-en: Debian's emulators for games
This metapackage will install emulators.
Description-md5: b462f8a53dbd719ac1e25de3cc0042e6
Homepage: http://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu