How To Install gamehub on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

3 minutes • 453 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub on Ubuntu.

What is `gamehub`

gamehub is:

GameHub is a unified library for all your games. It allows you to store your games from different platforms into one program to make it easier for you to manage your games. With GameHub, you can:

store your games in one place
login to multiple platforms
install games from the supported sources
download game installers, DLCs and bonus content
automatically find artwork for games on SteamGridDB
setup emulators and automatically import emulated games
Overlays — multiple directories applied on top of each other to manage DLCs and mods
Tweaks — environment variable and command line overrides
multiple compatibility layers: Wine, Proton, DOSBox, RetroArch, ScummVM, WineWrap
multiple game platforms: Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, itch.io

There are three methods to install gamehub on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gamehub Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gamehub

Install gamehub Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gamehub

Install gamehub Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gamehub using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gamehub

How To Uninstall gamehub on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gamehub package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gamehub

Uninstall gamehub And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gamehub and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamehub

Remove gamehub Configurations and Data

To remove gamehub configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gamehub

Remove gamehub configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gamehub configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamehub

Dependencies

gamehub have the following dependencies:

References

gamehub website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamehub package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.