How To Install mednafen on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install mednafen

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is mednafen and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install mednafen on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install mednafen using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install mednafen

Install mednafen using apt

Because mednafen is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install mednafen using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mednafen

Install mednafen 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 Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install mednafen by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mednafen

How to upgrade (update) a single package mednafen using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the mednafen, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install mednafen

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install mednafen

How To Uninstall mednafen from Debian 11

To uninstall only the mednafen package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mednafen

Uninstall mednafen and all its dependencies

To uninstall mednafen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mednafen

Remove mednafen with all configurations and data

To remove mednafen configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mednafen

Remove mednafen completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to mednafen package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mednafen

Extra info and code examples

Mednafen is a command-line driven emulator for many different systems. It has full support for OpenGL and SDL graphics, network play, remappable input configuration, joystick and keyboard support, save states, game rewinding, GSF playback, and screenshots. The systems supported by Mednafen are: * Atari Lynx * GameBoy * GameBoy Color * GameBoy Advance * NES * SNES * Virtual Boy * PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16) * PC-FX * SuperGrafx * NeoGeo Pocket, NeoGeo Pocket Color * WonderSwan * Sega Genesis / Mega Drive * Sega Saturn * Sony PlayStation Hardware emulated by Mednafen includes: * NES gamepad, Zapper, PowerPad * Four-Score, Famicom multiplayer adapter * Arkanoid, HyperShot, Space Shadow, Mahjong controllers * Oeka Kids tablet, Quiz King buzzers, Family Trainer, Barcode World * Game Genie

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install mednafen using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the mednafen from Debian 11.

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