How To Install libspectrum8 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 libspectrum8 on Ubuntu.

What is libspectrum8

libspectrum8 is:

libspectrum is a fairly simple library designed to make the handling of various ZX Spectrum emulator-related file formats easy.

So far it handles:

• Snapshots: .z80, .szx, .sna (all read/write), .zxs, .sp., .snp and +D snapshots (read only).
• Tape images: .tzx, .tap, .spc, .sta and .ltp (read/write) and .pzx, Warajevo .tap, Z80Em and CSW version 1 (read only).
• Input recordings: .rzx (read/write).
• Disk images: .dsk (both plain and extended), .d40, .d80, .fdi, .img, .mgt, .opd, .sad, .scl, .td0, .trd and .udi (identification only).
• Timex cartridges: .dck (read only).
• IDE hard disk images: .hdf (read/write).
• Microdrive cartridge images: .mdr (read/write).

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libspectrum8 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 libspectrum8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspectrum8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspectrum8

Install libspectrum8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspectrum8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspectrum8

Install libspectrum8 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 libspectrum8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspectrum8

How To Uninstall libspectrum8 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libspectrum8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspectrum8

Uninstall libspectrum8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspectrum8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspectrum8

Remove libspectrum8 Configurations and Data

To remove libspectrum8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspectrum8

Remove libspectrum8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspectrum8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspectrum8

Dependencies

libspectrum8 have the following dependencies:

• libaudiofile1
• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libgcrypt20
• libglib2.0-0
• zlib1g

References

• libspectrum8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspectrum8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.