Posted: 9/26/2005 7:07 PM
Post subject: Newbie using Linux, How do i install?
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Thereisnospoon
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Yeah, I installed gentoo a couple days ago, and have no idea how to install fceu. In addition to explaining how to install fceu, could someone please remind me why I installed linux? I miss window's simplicity and familiarity. . .
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Posted: 9/26/2005 7:11 PM
Post subject: Re: Newbie using Linux, How do i install?
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Bisqwit
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Thereisnospoon wrote:
I miss window's simplicity and familiarity. . .
Then go go back. I'm surprised that out of everything, you would have chosen Gentoo... Because it's not exactly the easiest distribution to install. In fact, if you can install Gentoo, you definitely can install FCEU... Though, if you're talking about the movie-supporting version, I might understand it. But then again, you complaining about "window's [sic] simplicity" doesn't fit into that image.
Posted: 9/26/2005 7:15 PM
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Thereisnospoon
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I dual booted, so I could if I want to, but I"m trying to immerse myself in it so I get fimiliar with it, but that's not the point. . . The only kinds of programs that I know how to install at the moment are the ones I can emerge, which does not include blips patched fceu. Is there a file that came with it that I should be reading? Thanks
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Posted: 9/26/2005 7:17 PM
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Bisqwit
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Have you ever compiled a program from source code? (Like, does ./configure; make install sound familiar?)
Posted: 9/26/2005 7:22 PM
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Thereisnospoon
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Never I wrote a couple of programs in C++ in a windows compiler before, but I just ran them from there. Never done anything like this before. One of the things I was hoping to learn from using linux. . .
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Posted: 9/27/2005 6:16 AM
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Fortunately that's probably one of the easiest things to accomplish in Gentoo if you have a working stable system. go to a root command prompt and type this: (root being the # prompt) (Fake prompt here) localhost user# emerge fceultra if all goes well it should download the source, download any files needed to satisfy its dependencies, and compile and build everything for you. NOTE: THIS CAN TAKE A VERY LONG TIME FOR SOME PROGRAMS Once it's done you should be able to just type fceultra romname.romext at the command line and launch the emulator. (Of course you're going to want to read up on the documentation for its usage and command-line switches at this point, I haven't tried it myself yet.) As Bisqwit mentioned though - Gentoo is one of the most complicated Linux distros to master - so on the one hand, it has a steep learning curve and not many can handle it, but, on the other hand, once you can get your Gentoo box to live, you can know you accomplished something great! (read: insane) And of course had I read your following post I would've seen your note about wanting to install a patched fceu. You just need a few more commands to do that. Download their file, save it somewhere (like I made a "make" folder in my ~/ directory to keep my builds separate to a given user.) In this directory is where you will want to expand the .tar.gz or .bz2 file. After the file's expanded into this directory, cd into the expanded folder (make sure you're running as root again) and type (all without quotes in the following 3 commnads) "./configure" as mentioned above. After it does it's jazz, type "make" and hit enter and sit around til it's done. As long as everything is fine, it likes your compiler and all the dependencies are fulfilled, type "make install" and again hit enter to let it do its jazz. When it's done building the app it should have either installed it into your system to use, or left it built in a directory inside the install. You'll want to read the readme file to find out where. Also - if you have compiled a GUI you can move the app and such around inside a GUI (such as gnome, kde, etc.) - it can be a little easier on you at least for file-moving coming from Windows. Skuzz
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Posted: 9/27/2005 11:01 AM
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DeHackEd
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There are a number of problems here, mostly relating to the fact that movie playback in the official version of FCEU sucks. All the windows users are using blip's patch, right? Who'd want an inferior version for a superior operating system?
Posted: 9/27/2005 6:10 PM
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Thereisnospoon
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Thanks Skuzz, I am running KDE( which for some reason is EXTREMELY slow) and got a version DeHackEd sent me up and running (minus sound). Thank you for the encourgement though.
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Posted: 9/29/2005 11:29 PM
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Thereisnospoon wrote:
Thanks Skuzz, I am running KDE( which for some reason is EXTREMELY slow)
You probably don't have your video card's OpenGL drivers.
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Posted: 8/24/2006 9:47 AM
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Fihlvein
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By the way, is there a version of FCEU with GUI at all for Linux? How about these movie supporting releases by nesvideos crew? I remember I searched for a while and found only command-line version(s).
Posted: 8/25/2006 5:54 PM
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Swedishmartin
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Quote from http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/: "It has been tested (and runs) under DOS, Linux SVGAlib, Linux X, Mac OS X, and MS Windows. A native GUI is provided for the MS Windows port, and the other ports use a command-line based interface." Sorry :( I'd like to have an easy-to-use KDE distro, but the fact that I can't code and I don't have a computer (and no money) makes me sad.
Posted: 8/27/2006 7:49 AM
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Fihlvein
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Yeah that's what I thought here. I'm also wondering if somebody has addedd a GUI for a linux port.. but I guess not. Maybe I just get used to that.
Posted: 8/27/2006 8:44 AM
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Fihlvein wrote:
Yeah that's what I thought here. I'm also wondering if somebody has addedd a GUI for a linux port.. but I guess not. Maybe I just get used to that.
Why don't you try to make one? It's a good way to practice coding, and Linux people will like you more. :)
Posted: 8/27/2006 11:13 AM
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Fihlvein
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Out of question. I can barely make a hello world. :) But I agree with you with the fact that the one who gives us a GUI for FCEU will be our friend. :)
Posted: 12/27/2006 1:18 AM
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Fihlvein
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Just to mention, Ubuntu repositories now has a packet called 'gfceu' which gives us a simple graphical frontend for fceu, you can't do much with it though, basically just to configure joystick and start the game you want.