[Cbsupport] mednafen

tastatem at tadaust.org.au tastatem at tadaust.org.au
Sun Mar 18 04:28:21 UTC 2007


Hi,

I tried what was suggested but got this error message : W: Failed to 
fetch 
http://omnidimensional/debian/pool/main/m/mednafen/mednafen_0.6.5-1_i386.deb
  Could not resolve 'omnidimensional'

I am unsure what this means,

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks.

Kylie Davies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This software is also in debian so you can probably install it using
> Synaptic (K->System->Synaptic Package Manager)
>
> You will need to check your repositories and only use live sources (so
> take out the cbv ones). It will probably also pay to take out the ones
> that reference debian sid. Finally click apply to get and install your
> selection.
>
> Good luck with it. 
>
> You may also have to add an entry for it in your KDE menu. 
>
> How?
>
> Right click the K Menu and select Unlock Panels. 
>
> Right click the K menu and choose Edit K Menu. 
>
> The menu tool appears...go to the place in the menu you want to stick
> mednafen and create a new entry (icon toolbar). Describe your entry,
> choose an icon and put in the command it uses. For mednafen this should
> be mednafen. 
>
> You can test this theory from the command line (so from a konsole in the
> System Menu). 
>
> I also saw someone recently asking about wine and adding it to the menu.
> You would do the same...i think the command is wine. If it isn't wine,
> you can always try w[tab][tab] from the command line and it will show
> you what the available options are (commands, programs, stuff). I learnt
> a lot about commands by doing that (start at a) and then reading man
> pages for them. 
>
> You can also add a launcher to the desktop or panel....Use the global
> right click menu to find the option for the desktop. For the panel right
> click a blank space and you'll be able to find the appropriate menu
> option. Fill in the requested info in the dialog box that appears.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Kylie 
>
>
>
> Then do an update. Then search for the package mednafen and then mark it
> for installation. F
>
>  On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 21:45 +1100, tastatem at tadaust.org.au wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I saw this program in the linux game tome and have been unsuccsusfull in 
>> installing it, here is the link: http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Mednafen
>>
>> I downloaded this tar,
>>
>> mednafen-0.7.2.tar.bz2
>>
>> I read the install file and followed the instructions but nothing much 
>> happened.
>>
>> I am new to compiling for linux, and am not sure if the computerbank 
>> debian package has everything.
>>
>> If someone knows how to get it working can they please post.
>>
>> regards.
>>
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