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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "mess-data" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mess-data on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mess-data on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mess-data
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/games
Installed-Size: 55826
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Cesare Falco
Architecture: all
Source: mame
Version: 0.160-0ubuntu1
Depends: libjs-jquery-mobile
Filename: pool/multiverse/m/mame/mess-data_0.160-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 7166586
MD5sum: a113921b18d90b8a9bad74ad1c9d65d8
SHA1: 2cf6fc5a94a512e72662b7f5e94b17babdab8f81
SHA256: a27bc776089d3364d751c293f1ffe1bf601c4f5c86c4c34f7e3cad0e0ef18531
Description-en: Data files for the 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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This package provides the MESS and MAME hash files, keymaps and artwork.
Description-md5: 2e88526d2a0c34bfa7007566f93cc602
Homepage: http://mamedev.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu