HOWTO: Install (G)FCEUX 2.0 NES emulator

[punkrockguy318]

Currently, the ubuntu repositories include outdated (and non-working?) versions of fceu and gfceu. There are a lot of new improvements in the newest version of fceu, which was renamed fceux. For a detailed list, you can check out http://fceux.com.

UPDATE: Debian/ubuntu packages have been created for fceux as of version 2.1.0! Check out the download pagehttp://fceux.com/web/htdocs/download.php of the fceux website to download the latest package.

If you would like to compile from source, you can follow the steps written below.

1. Install necessary dependencies.

sudo apt-get install scons libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian-alsa liblua5.1-dev zlib1g-dev zenity

2. Grab the latest version of fceux and extract it to your home folder. You can get it from http://fceux.com/web/htdocs/download.php. Download the source tarbell.

3. Open up a terminal (Applications... Accessories... Terminal). Change directory into the fceu folder.

cd fceu

4. Build and install fceu.

sudo scons install

If you want to install the GUI (gfceux), follow the following instructions:

1. Change directories into the gfceux directory.

cd ~/gfceux

2. Install gfceux.

sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local

You can now run gfceux by running

gfceux

If anyone has any issues with this guide, please let me know and I'll fix the guide.

Enjoy the best emulator on the Linux scene

[Calculon64]

Does this work Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit?

[punkrockguy318]

Originally Posted by Calculon64 Does this work Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit?

yes that's what i develop and test fceux on

[punkrockguy318]

i just changed the dependency in the tutorial to libsdl1.2debian-alsa instead of libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio. The esd driver seems to work better with fceux and is still compatible with pulseaudio, so I would suggest installing that if you're having trouble with sound.

[keyshawn]

thanks, worked with no problems on my end.

I have a question though:

How can I save on this ?

I presume there is save state support since fceu had it, but I couldn't find any mention of it in the documentation

thank you again for your work on FCEUX.

[punkrockguy318]

Originally Posted by keyshawn thanks, worked with no problems on my end. I have a question though: How can I save on this ? I presume there is save state support since fceu had it, but I couldn't find any mention of it in the documentation thank you again for your work on FCEUX.

yeah the docs need to work

select state with numbers 0-9.. save with f5, load with f7

[daring derelict]

hello, I read all of the posts sofar, I tried to upgrade from fceux 2.02 to 2.03, upon running the script for gfceux i get

n:~/Documents/download/games/nintendo/fceux-2.03/fceultra/gfceux$ sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local running install running build running build_py package init file 'src/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file) package init file 'src/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file) running build_scripts error: file 'gfceux' does not exist

[punkrockguy318]

Originally Posted by daring derelict hello, I read all of the posts sofar, I tried to upgrade from fceux 2.02 to 2.03, upon running the script for gfceux i get

oops that was my bad

i moved around some of the files and forgot to commit them to subversion

its fixed in the latest subversion, so run svn update and try try agian

[Redmage913]

Greetings,

I just tried installing from the source file, and I came across a huge problem in doing so.

I copy-pasted the long sudo apt-get install command and installed the necessary packages. I also extracted the fceu and gfceux folders to the home directory.

When I ran the sudo scons install command, the entire process failed. I was getting not found errors for every file it tried to work with.

I would include an entire terminal entry, but it ran way longer than the terminal length before it starts cropping the oldest lines.

Any ideas?

Thanks much,
Redmage913

PS Running Xubuntu 9.04 on a Dell Mini 9.

[holamyburrito]

I just installed the latest version of FCEUX from source and I'm having the same input problem described a few pages back. I have liblua5.1-dev installed, and I even tried running sudo apt-get install liblua5.1* and with all the packages it still doesn't accept input after config.

Can anyone help?