How To Install nestopia 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 nestopia on Ubuntu.

What is `nestopia`

nestopia is:

Nestopia is a cycle-accurate NES/Famicom emulator. It has a high compatibility rate and support for many peripherals and input devices.

Features: * Save states * Movie recording * Game rewinding * GUI or command line interface * Emulation of NTSC, PAL, and Dendy systems * Support for NES Zapper games * Support for Famicom Disk System games

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nestopia

Install nestopia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nestopia

Install nestopia 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 nestopia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nestopia

How To Uninstall nestopia on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove nestopia

Uninstall nestopia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nestopia

Remove nestopia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nestopia

Remove nestopia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nestopia

Dependencies

nestopia have the following dependencies:

References

nestopia website

Summary

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