Instruct others how to compile bsnes on your OS

[wertigon]

Allright, the purpose of this thread is to provide how to compile bsnes under various flavors. Add your own below.

[wertigon]

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Step 1: Download the sources from Byuu's website
Step 2: Open up a terminal
Step 3: Navigate to the folder you saved bsnes to

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cd downloads/

Step 4: Create a new directory

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mkdir bsnes

Step 5: Move the bsnes packages to the new directory

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mv bsnes_v037.tar.bz2 bsnes

Step 6: Enter the new directory

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cd bsnes

Step 7: Untar the package

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tar jxfv bsnes_v037.tar.bz2

Step 8: Enter the src directory

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cd src

Step 9: Install the proper packages

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sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libopenal-dev libasound-dev libao-dev libxv-dev

Step 10: Run make

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make platform=x compiler=gcc enable_gzip=true enable_jma=true

Step 11: Run bsnes to make sure it works

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../bsnes

Step 12: Install it

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sudo make install

[DataPath]

as of 0.38, you need to

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sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev libxtst-dev

[Killa B]

Arch Linux

Normal:

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wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bsnes/bsnes.tar.gz
tar -xzf bsnes.tar.gz
cd bsnes/
makepkg

# The wildcards compensate for different architectures and version numbers
sudo pacman -U bsnes-*.pkg.tar.gz

With Yaourt:

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yaourt -S bsnes

The bsnes package maintainer is named vEX, and he's very good with keeping up with the latest version at all times.

[ZH/Franky]

I would actually like to be able to build a copy of bsnes on Windows, so could someone here post some tips for that too? I understand that this thread is geared towards Linux/BSD (both of which I use, btw), I know how to compile on those two, but Windows I'm not so sure, so a tutorial would be nice.
(It'd be nice to be able to compile to build a copy of bsnes that is optimized for my system).

I understand that you can use Visual C++ or MinGW to compile; whichever produces faster code is ideal, but it would be nice to have a tutorial for both.

PS byuu:
Can't wait to see how the QT interface works out
(EDITED: spelt QT as GT by mistake, so I fixed it)

[byuu]

The bsnes package maintainer is named vEX, and he's very good with keeping up with the latest version at all times.

Hi, thank you for stopping by! :D
Your instructions are greatly appreciated.

Yes, [vEX] is a great guy. As is belegdol et al. Speaking of which, if anyone wants their distro package linked on the main bsnes download page, please let me know and I'll add it ASAP.

I would actually like to be able to build a copy of bsnes on Windows, so could someone here post some tips for that too?

Sure.

1) Download and install the latest TDM-GCC:
http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/

2) Download and install the latest DirectX SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... B1CCA4865A

3) Copy the DirectX headers (not libraries) to MinGW/include, overwriting the existing files.

4) run bsnes/src/cc.bat.

If you want to build the new Qt interface, do the above with:

3a) Download and install the latest Qt:
ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-wi ... -mingw.exe
(You will need 4.5, as yet unreleased, to build a distributable LGPL version.)

3b) Compile the latest Qt:
This is very involved, sadly. You can find instructions elsewhere for building with GCC4.

3c) Modify bsnes/src/ui/Makefile and set qtdir to the root folder of your Qt installation.

[ZH/Franky]

Hey byuu, thanks for the tips.
EDIT:
Just tried it now. It works.

[ZH/Franky]

There is another question that I have:
Where can I find both source code and binaries for older versions of bsnes?

[Dullaron]

Updated on March 18, 2009

bsnes without upx compress. - http://coonstation.googlepages.com/bsne ... pxcompress.

[Shin_Gouki]

Mac OSx?

[byuu]

Mac OSx?

Good luck :P

It should compile fine, but there won't be any video / audio / input drivers :(

[Shin_Gouki]

Whats with the guy who build the 0.038 release?
Where did he get all that from?
IMO QT 4.5 should run very fine with OSX, what else is needed?