SNES emulator

[ItIsMe]

Is there any way to install a SNES emulator, like Snes9x or ZSNES, using synaptic? And what is the repository needed to find it?

[eelozano]

sudo apt-get install zsnes

or

search for 'zsnes' in synaptic

[eelozano]

If its not included with the 'normal' repositories.

Follow these directions and you should be good to go.

http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntugu...rarepositories

P.S. The link will help you with a lot of other problems you may have as well

[ItIsMe]

Thanks.

[2manydrugsago]

I downloaded Snes9x 1.51 in a .tar.gz file. How do I install it, will it be ok in Ubuntu 7.10?

[dannyboy79]

Originally Posted by 2manydrugsago I downloaded Snes9x 1.51 in a .tar.gz file. How do I install it, will it be ok in Ubuntu 7.10?

first put the tar gzipped file where ever you'll want it unpacked. then cd to the folder that the tar gzipped file is residing in. then issue

tar -xvvf foo.tar.gz
(or in case you put it in a location that only root can write to, you'd have to use sudo.)

this will unzip it all into a folder. then you cd into that folder and read the README or INSTALL file which tells you how to install it. it's most likely 3 commands
./configure
make
sudo make install
you'll need the developers tools first though. they're in the build-essential package. see here for more help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=323939

[2manydrugsago]

Ill try that thanks.

[inversekinetix]

you shouldn't post links to nintendo emulators, nintendo have made it clear that emulation is illegal and they have their own emulation patents.

[DoktorSeven]

Emulation isn't illegal, never has been, regardless of Nintendo's objections in the past.

Links to copyrighted ROMs, however, certainly is.

[inversekinetix]

talk to nintendo's legal dept about that. the emulator can only be used with dumped roms the roms themselves cannot be plugged into a PC as standard. therefore nintendo argues that the sole purpose of the emulator is to facilitate the use of illegally dumped roms.

That's not even mentioning the legality of the BIOS files.