How To Install libretro-core-info on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-core-info on Ubuntu.
What is libretro-core-info
libretro-core-info is:
This package installs info files for all cores.
There are three methods to install libretro-core-info 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 libretro-core-info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libretro-core-info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libretro-core-info
Install libretro-core-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libretro-core-info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libretro-core-info
Install libretro-core-info 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 libretro-core-info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libretro-core-info
How To Uninstall libretro-core-info on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libretro-core-info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libretro-core-info
Uninstall libretro-core-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libretro-core-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libretro-core-info
Remove libretro-core-info Configurations and Data
To remove libretro-core-info configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libretro-core-info
Remove libretro-core-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libretro-core-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libretro-core-info
Dependencies
libretro-core-info have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libretro-core-info package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.