Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install atari800 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is atari800
atari800 is:
Atari800 is an emulator of Atari 8-bit computer systems including the 400, 800,
1200XL, 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 130XE, 800XE and the XE Game System,
and also of the Atari 5200 SuperSystem console.
The Atari Operating System ROMs are not available with this package, due to
copyright. You’ll have to either make copies of them from an old Atari
computer, or see README.Debian for other ways to obtain them.
There are three methods to install atari800 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install atari800 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install atari800 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install atari800
Install atari800 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install atari800 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install atari800
Install atari800 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 atari800 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install atari800
How To Uninstall atari800 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the atari800 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove atari800
Uninstall atari800 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall atari800 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove atari800
Remove atari800 Configurations and Data
To remove atari800 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge atari800
Remove atari800 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove atari800 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atari800
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install atari800 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
