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Started 12 years ago by Alex
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Alex

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It's me again. Shocking, I know. Anyway, I've been having problem after problem attempting to "detarballify" an emulator. I've solved most of the problems thrown at me, yet this one is proving obstinate. After I unpack the contents of the tarball I cd into the directory. Here's EXACTLY what I type between the "------"

STEPS I USE:
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root@slitaz:~/Downloads# tar xvjf mednafen-0.8.9.tar.bz2
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AFTER IT GIVES ME THE UNPACKED FILES:
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root@slitaz:~/Downloads# cd /root/Downloads/mednafen
root@slitaz:~/Downloads/mednafen# ./configure
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After that, it begins to configure the files. I've encountered (and solved with much googling) problems like OpenGL header file not found (solved by searching package manager), SDL 1.2.x not found (solved by the same method as OpenGL), and finally the final line before the configuration halts:

checking for LIBCDIO... configure: error: *** libcdio not found!

I've checked for that package, un/re-installed it multiple times, and installed packages that seem to be its framework, yet it still refuses to recognize the package. Running Slitaz GNU/Linux 3.0 on a Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600

P.S. Trixar, I found Mednafen on your website, and it interested me, so yeah. M'hoping you shed some light.

Posted 12 years ago #
mojo

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Find out what if any tazpkg owns a file:
tux@slitaz:~$ tazpkg search-pkgname libcdio

Search result for file libcdio
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libcdio
libcdio-dev

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2 pkg(s) found with file: libcdio

#tazpkg get-install libcdio-dev
#tazpkg get-install libcdio

Posted 12 years ago #
Alex

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checking for LIBCDIO... configure: error: *** libcdio not found!
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As I said, I've re/un-installed these two files multiple times.

Posted 12 years ago #
mojo

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Your slitaz-toolchain is broken:
#tazpkg get-install slitaz-toolchain --forced

Posted 12 years ago #
Trixar_za

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or you could just use my package @ http://www.trixarian.za.net/downloads/mednafen-0.8.9.tazpkg - it even comes with the python-driven graphical front-end. Just su to root and go tazpkg install mednafen-0.8.9.tazpkg and you'll be done (if the package is in your home folder when you open the terminal). It should also install all the needed dependencies auto-magically ;)

It's a convert of the debian package (and the ubuntu front-end package) and I use it myself, so I know it works. Just configuring the controls initially might be off-putting to some.

Normally compiling emulators may require patching the source code so it would work. This is true of most and I've had similar issues with ZSNES when I compiled it. I just found converting debian packages was both smaller and faster.

Also with compiling, remember to use ./configure --prefix=/usr since the default route of /usr/local/ does not exist in SliTaz. You may also want to change the man and info route to /usr/share/man and /usr/share/info respectively.

Posted 12 years ago #
Alex

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Trix, I'm not sure that link works. I've tried it multiple times on a computer, thinking some security program on the internet was blocking it, then tried the link on my smartphone. It gave me the same result. Page doesn't exist.

Posted 12 years ago #
Trixar_za

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Crap, I just noticed the problem. I moved my domain a while back (because I lost the old one because of some stupid mix up) so it's without the .za now. So try http://www.trixarian.net/downloads/mednafen-0.8.9.tazpkg instead. Sorry for the mix up... *goes off to fix his site's links*

Posted 12 years ago #
Alex

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Heh, well thanks. Mednafen was successfully downloaded, all that is left is to select a ROM file which I unfortunately don't have/know where to find. Again, complete noob. Flame away if you so desire.

Posted 12 years ago #
Trixar_za

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Lol, try a rom site. My favorite is romhustler if you have time to browse through a large selection of games or for a smaller fan based selection, FantasyAnime is awesome, although it heavily focuses on SNES games.

Posted 12 years ago #
Alex

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Awesome! Thanks a lot, Trixar. Brings me back to my days as a kid playing Star Tropics at my Gram's house.

Posted 12 years ago #
mt12345

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$ mednafen
mednafen: error while loading shared libraries: libcdio.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libcdio.so.12.0.0 libcdio.so.7

$ mednafen
mednafen: /usr/lib/libcdio.so.7: version `CDIO_7' not found (required by mednafen)

help!

Posted 11 years ago #
Trixar_za

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It won't work. I need to redo the Mednafen package.

Posted 11 years ago #
mt12345

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I guess it works in Slitaz3?

about pcsx - I tried to fullscreen (is it ALT+ENTER?) but it crashes.

The program 'pcsx' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

Posted 11 years ago #
Trixar_za

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Most of the packages were made for and on SliTaz 3. I removed a few because SliTaz 4 has a better working versions in the repository. There should be a newer version of pcsx in there too if memory serves.

Posted 11 years ago #
mt12345

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the version from repo doesnt work at all complaining something about plugins (cd/iso)

I use this:

http://psxemulator.gazaxian.com/

it works from /home but it's not fluent.

Posted 11 years ago #

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