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Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a distro-agnostic application framework. It is a decentralized system and has no central package repository. Instead, the user must manually add the repository's URL to the system before packages can be installed, like in [[Emulation on Ubuntu|Ubuntu's PPA]].

[https://flathub.org/ Flathub], probably the biggest Flatpak repository, ~~has several~~ emulators.

[https://flathub.org/ Flathub], is probably the biggest Flatpak repository, and quite a few emulators.

'''Adding Flathub repository to the system'''

To install emulators from Flathub, add the location of Flathub repository to your system:

<code>$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo</code>

'''Using Flatpak (all versions)'''

List of available application package names can be obtained by the following command:

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<code>$ flatpak install flathub ''Package Name''</code>

~~Available emulators~~ and ~~its~~ package name ~~is listed~~ below.

'''Using Flatpak (new versions)'''

Some time ago Flatpak's syntax has been simplified and now it's way easier to use. To search for an application, type:

<code>$ flatpak search ''Package Name''</code>

To install it:

<code>$ flatpak install ''Package Name''</code>

If there's more than one package with that name, Flatpak will suggest available packages and ask you which do you want to install.

'''Available emulators'''

Emulators are actively added to Flathub, so the list shown below may not be exhaustive. (while likely safe but the 'unverified' tag means that it's not uploaded by the original developer)

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|-

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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.duckstation.DuckStation org.duckstation.DuckStation]

|-

|[[~~m64p~~]]

|[[gopher64]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.~~m64p~~.~~m64p~~ io.github.~~m64p~~.~~m64p~~]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.gopher64.gopher64 io.github.gopher64.gopher64]

|-

|[[Yuzu]]

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|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dosbox.DOSBox com.dosbox.DOSBox]

|-

|FS-UAE

|[[FS-UAE]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.fsuae.FS-UAE net.fsuae.FS-UAE]

|-

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|[[bsnes]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.bsnes.bsnes dev.bsnes.bsnes]

|-

|[[BlastEm]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.retrodev.blastem com.retrodev.blastem]

|-

|[[Flycast]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.flycast.Flycast org.flycast.Flycast]

|-

|[[RMG]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.Rosalie241.RMG com.github.Rosalie241.RMG]

|-

|[[SameBoy]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.sameboy.SameBoy io.github.sameboy.SameBoy]

|-

|[[Mednafen|Mednaffe (Mednafen)]]

|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.AmatCoder.mednaffe com.github.AmatCoder.mednaffe]

|}

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* [[RPCS3]]

* [[Yuzu]]

* [[Citra]]

* [https://github.com/probonopd/qemu-ppc QEMU PowerPC AppImage] (A PowerPC emulator)

* [[RetroArch]] [http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.10/linux/x86_64/]

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deb <nowiki>http://ppa.launchpad.net/</nowiki>ppa:user/ppa-name/ubuntu xenial main

Where instead of xenial for 16.04, you type trusty for 14.04, bionic for 18.04, focal for 20.04, ~~hirsute~~ for 21.04~~, and impish for 21.10~~.

Where instead of xenial for 16.04, you type trusty for 14.04, bionic for 18.04, focal for 20.04, jammy for 22.04.

You can then see what emulators you have with each repos, and can now install the ones you want.

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|[[Dolphin]]

|[https://launchpad.net/~dolphin-emu/+archive/ubuntu/ppa ppa:dolphin-emu/ppa]

|~~Stable/Testing~~

|Abandoned

|5.0+git-r202109240858-753a1595bf-33

|16.04,18.04

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|[[Snes9x]]

|~~Stable~~

|Abandoned

|1.54.1-r201805250105-98d3d27-3

|17.10,18.04<ref group=N name=broken_snes9x>Packages for 14.04 and 16.04 are listed but broken.</ref>

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|[[Dolphin]]

|}

Can't find your emulator in RPMfusion? Want an up to date version git version instead of dolphin stable? First, check [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ Fedora's COPR repositories]. For example, for Dolphin, https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/victoroliveira/dolphin-emu-git/.

Can't find your emulator in RPMfusion? Want an up-to-date version git version instead of dolphin stable? First, check [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ Fedora's COPR repositories]. For example, for Dolphin, https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/victoroliveira/dolphin-emu-git/.

Still can't find a precompiled version? We get to compile them ourselves!

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[[Category:FAQs]]

[[Category:Linux]]

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 Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a distro-agnostic application framework. It is a decentralized system and has no central package repository. Instead, the user must manually add the repository's URL to the system before packages can be installed, like in [[Emulation on Ubuntu|Ubuntu's PPA]].
-[https://flathub.org/ Flathub], probably the biggest Flatpak repository, has several emulators.
+[https://flathub.org/ Flathub], is probably the biggest Flatpak repository, and quite a few emulators.
+'''Adding Flathub repository to the system'''
 To install emulators from Flathub, add the location of Flathub repository to your system:
 <code>$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo</code>
+'''Using Flatpak (all versions)'''
 List of available application package names can be obtained by the following command:
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 <code>$ flatpak install flathub ''Package Name''</code>
-Available emulators and its package name is listed below.
+'''Using Flatpak (new versions)'''
+Some time ago Flatpak's syntax has been simplified and now it's way easier to use. To search for an application, type:
+<code>$ flatpak search ''Package Name''</code>
+To install it:
+<code>$ flatpak install ''Package Name''</code>
+If there's more than one package with that name, Flatpak will suggest available packages and ask you which do you want to install.
+'''Available emulators'''
+Emulators are actively added to Flathub, so the list shown below may not be exhaustive. (while likely safe but the 'unverified' tag means that it's not uploaded by the original developer)
 {| class="wikitable" width="100%"
 |-
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 |[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.duckstation.DuckStation org.duckstation.DuckStation]
 |-
-|[[m64p]]
+|[[gopher64]]
-|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.m64p.m64p io.github.m64p.m64p]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.gopher64.gopher64 io.github.gopher64.gopher64]
 |-
 |[[Yuzu]]
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 |[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dosbox.DOSBox com.dosbox.DOSBox]
 |-
-|FS-UAE
+|[[FS-UAE]]
 |[https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.fsuae.FS-UAE net.fsuae.FS-UAE]
 |-
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 |[[bsnes]]
 |[https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.bsnes.bsnes dev.bsnes.bsnes]
+|-
+|[[BlastEm]]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.retrodev.blastem com.retrodev.blastem]
+|-
+|[[Flycast]]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.flycast.Flycast org.flycast.Flycast]
+|-
+|[[RMG]]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.Rosalie241.RMG com.github.Rosalie241.RMG]
+|-
+|[[SameBoy]]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.sameboy.SameBoy io.github.sameboy.SameBoy]
+|-
+|[[Mednafen|Mednaffe (Mednafen)]]
+|[https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.AmatCoder.mednaffe com.github.AmatCoder.mednaffe]
 |}
 <references group=N />
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 * [[RPCS3]]
 * [[Yuzu]]
+* [[Citra]]
 * [https://github.com/probonopd/qemu-ppc QEMU PowerPC AppImage] (A PowerPC emulator)
 * [[RetroArch]] [http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.10/linux/x86_64/]
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   deb <nowiki>http://ppa.launchpad.net/</nowiki><u>ppa:user/ppa-name</u>/ubuntu <u>xenial</u> main
-Where instead of <u>xenial</u> for 16.04, you type <u>trusty</u> for 14.04, <u>bionic</u> for 18.04, <u>focal</u> for 20.04, <u>hirsute</u> for 21.04, and <u>impish</u> for 21.10.
+Where instead of <u>xenial</u> for 16.04, you type <u>trusty</u> for 14.04, <u>bionic</u> for 18.04, <u>focal</u> for 20.04, <u>jammy</u> for 22.04.
 You can then see what emulators you have with each repos, and can now install the ones you want.
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 |[[Dolphin]]
 |[https://launchpad.net/~dolphin-emu/+archive/ubuntu/ppa ppa:dolphin-emu/ppa]
-|Stable/Testing
+|Abandoned
 |5.0+git-r202109240858-753a1595bf-33
 |16.04,18.04
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 |-
 |[[Snes9x]]
-|Stable
+|Abandoned
 |1.54.1-r201805250105-98d3d27-3
 |17.10,18.04<ref group=N name=broken_snes9x>Packages for 14.04 and 16.04 are listed but broken.</ref>
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 |[[Dolphin]]
 |}
-Can't find your emulator in RPMfusion? Want an up to date version git version instead of dolphin stable? First, check [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ Fedora's COPR repositories]. For example, for Dolphin, https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/victoroliveira/dolphin-emu-git/.
+Can't find your emulator in RPMfusion? Want an up-to-date version git version instead of dolphin stable? First, check [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ Fedora's COPR repositories]. For example, for Dolphin, https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/victoroliveira/dolphin-emu-git/.
 Still can't find a precompiled version?  We get to compile them ourselves!
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 [[Category:FAQs]]
+[[Category:Linux]]