[mythtv-users] X-Mame

[Brett Swaim]

I will try that... I was reading the install doc and I seemed to think that
owuldn't work for some reason... but at least it won't hose my whole
install!

On 5/13/06, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have all my emulators working except mame. I have tried apt-get
> install
> > xmame-x and apt-get xmame-sdl and all that does is completely hose my
> entire
> > install to the poitn where I have to format and start all over again...
> when
> > doing xfonts-util something messes up and when it gets the required
> package
> > xfonts-encoding it whines that it's trying to overwrite a file that is
> > specified in xfonts-base. At this point my entire x server fails to load
> > anymore.  I'm now scared to death of apt-get (I'm really used to gentoo,
> but
> > I'm trying to get a feel for other distros so I'm using knoppmyth with
> > debian). Is there any other way to get x-mame? It seems like of all the
> > things, this and the lirc scripts are the hardest part of this setup! I
> have
> > googled, I have searched the forums, I have tried a lot of different
> things
> > and now I'm just looking for some new input. I'm running 0.19.
>
> Well the obvious alternative is to compile it from source.
>
> I'm running FC3 on a mostly 'rpm' install but I never found xmame in
> the repos I use ( you must have a more exotic set).
>
> Compiling was fairly straightforward though.
>
> I downloaded xmame-0.105.tar.bz2 from x.mame.net
>
> unzipped it                 $ bunzip2 <filename>
>
> un-archived it              $ tar -xvf <filename>
>
> now change into the directory it has created and edit the Makefile (I
> think all I had to do was enable the joystick type).
>
> run make                    $ make
>
> now su to root and install       # make install
>
>
> It all worked for me fairly easily but of course your machine may be
> in a different state so there may be some surprises for you.
>
> I'd recommend reading the README file as well first.
>
> HTH
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