How to Install and Uninstall mess Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "mess" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mess on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mess on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mess
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/games
Installed-Size: 40770
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Cesare Falco
Architecture: amd64
Source: mame
Version: 0.160-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libflac8 (>= 1.3.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libportmidi0, libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.0), libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), mess-data (= 0.160-0ubuntu1)
Suggests: mame-tools, mess-desktop-entries
Filename: pool/multiverse/m/mame/mess_0.160-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8083810
MD5sum: 3d167ea828f01cd36f03afa2a352839d
SHA1: e0b1225e443a5a2acb5d8d5084dedbe9cab90d7d
SHA256: 55bde530e05e72d378b29a314a8dace478001d29f712412ac54e725f47fac1d3
Description-en: Multi Emulator Super System (MESS)
MESS is an emulator for various consoles and computing systems, sharing a
lot of codebase with the MAME project.
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Some of the well known consoles and computers emulated are the Atari 2600,
Lynx, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, GameBoy, Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive,
Game Gear, Colecovision, Vectrex, Apple II, Atari 400/800, Commodore 64/128,
IBM PC XT and AT (MDA and CGA), ZX80, ZX Spectrum, TI99/4, TRS-80, and the
MSX.
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This package provides the MESS binary and configuration files.
Description-md5: 3a6cbe615ad8b8f2f30716fa7e5f97dd
Homepage: http://mamedev.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu