emulator problems

[Deneb Algedi]

I've already tried many to install emulators(GnomeBoyAdvance, Gens&Zsnes). I've search this forum many times used google.
But still nothing works.
The repo-versions don't work, I can't find any deb packages, and I have no idea how the create one from source.
Would there be anybody be so kind to help me?

[bunutu]

emulators can be a pain. I would recommend you just compile your favorite emulator(s) from source. stuff like gnuboy, stella, snes9x, etc. usually are just one binary file and maybe a .rc file of some sort.

Getting gcc working on ubuntu is a breeze. Just apt-get install build-essential and the necessary -dev packages to build your emulator. When you run ./configure in the source directory, the script will fail and tell you what libraries and headers (contained in -dev packages) are needed. Once you can run ./configure w/o errors, try running make to build the emulator.

I couldn't figure out how to apt-get install basilisk2, a 68k macintosh emulator, so I built it from source. The ./configure script said I needed SDL and GTK. So I apt-get installed them. It only took about 10 mins to compile on an ancient Pentium coppermine laptop 900MHz.

If this isn't clear, pick a specific emulator like say gnuboy and try to compile it. Search the forums and ask questions. Doing this the first time may seem pretty hard, but your learn a lot that can be used over and over again. Unless you are trying to resurrect some ancient game like XMrIs, compiling stuff is easy.