Installing mgba-qt on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing mgba-qt on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install mgba-qt.
Quick installation of mgba-qt:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: mgba-qt
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install mgba-qt
Package Details | |
| Package: | mgba-qt |
| Version: | 0.4.1+dfsg1-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://mgba.io/ |
| Description: | Game Boy Advance emulator (Qt frontend for mGBA) mGBA is a new emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack. . This package provides the Qt GUI frontend for mGBA. . Game Boy Advance is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. mGBA is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the companies mentioned. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/games |
How to install mgba-qt on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If mgba-qt is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L mgba-qt' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L mgba-qt dpkg-query: package 'mgba-qt' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing mgba-qt:
After system update use the following command to install mgba-qt:
sudo apt-get install mgba-qt
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove mgba-qt from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the mgba-qt from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the mgba-qt following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove mgba-qt
Following command is used to remove the mgba-qt package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove mgba-qt
This will remove mgba-qt and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing mgba-qt with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge mgba-qt
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove mgba-qt
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with mgba-qt package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.