EmuLinkerSF is an emulator management tool that can be used to launch and manage a variety of emulators. In this tutorial, we will be installing EmuLinkerSF on the latest version of EndeavourOS.
To install EmuLinkerSF on EndeavourOS, you will need:
Before we can install EmuLinkerSF, we need to install a few dependencies. Open up a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk xdg-utils
This will install the Java Runtime Environment and the xdg-utils package, which is required to launch EmuLinkerSF.
We will now download EmuLinkerSF from its official website. Open up a web browser and navigate to https://emulinker.org.
Once there, click on the "Download" button and select the appropriate version for your system. For EndeavourOS, we will be downloading the Linux version.
Save the file to your "Downloads" folder.
Once the download is complete, open up a terminal window and navigate to the "Downloads" folder using the following command:
cd ~/Downloads
Extract the EmuLinkerSF archive using the following command:
tar xvzf emulinkersf-<VERSION>-linux.tar.gz
Replace <VERSION> with the actual version number you downloaded.
This will extract the EmuLinkerSF files into a new folder called emulinkersf-<VERSION>-linux.
To install EmuLinkerSF, we need to copy its files to a system directory. Run the following command to move the EmuLinkerSF files to the /opt directory:
sudo mv emulinkersf-<VERSION>-linux /opt/emulinkersf
To easily launch EmuLinkerSF, we will create a desktop shortcut. Run the following command to open up the new shortcut file:
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/emulinkersf.desktop
Paste the following content into the file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=EmuLinkerSF
Comment=Emulator Management Tool
Exec=/opt/emulinkersf/start.sh
Icon=/opt/emulinkersf/icons/icon.png
Type=Application
Categories=Game;
Save and exit the file by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
We can now launch EmuLinkerSF using the desktop shortcut. Go to your applications menu and look for "EmuLinkerSF", or simply search for it.
Click on the EmuLinkerSF icon to launch the application.
EmuLinkerSF is now installed and ready to be used on your EndeavourOS system. This tool makes it easy to launch and manage your favorite emulators. Happy gaming!
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