PCSX2 howto

[yuwy]

Since there is no current guide for gentoo on pcsx2 installation and what not, I decided to write up a basic guide
on how to:

A: set up and compile pcsx2
B: how to configure and run

We first need to construct a 32-bit chroot as the x86_64-bit version of pcsx2 0.9.3 does not appear to work
for me.

The guide to the 32-bit chroot is here.
Make sure you emerge the necessary stuff like nvidia-drivers X (u know)
Enter the 32-bit chroot.

Next we take the source for pcsx2 0.9.3 x86 source (32-bit version) and un(7zip?) it.

we enter the directory pcsx2 and do a

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chmod o+x -R plugins

which all that did was to allow compilation of the plugins

next we

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sh build.sh all

if there is a build error (as there probabily will be you need to emerge a few things)

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emerge nvidia-cg-toolkit gtk+

(32-bit chroot)

once the pcsx2 is compiled you just need the necessary bios

[unai001]

Hi, im trying to install pcsx2 in a x86 machine, but it fails while building, and i have emerged nvidia-cg-toolkit and gtk+. I have tried installing pcsx2 by portage and manually compiling it but both of them give me a compiling error.This is the error by emerge:

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>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/pcsx2-0.8.1/work/pcsx2-0.8.1src ...
make: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/pcsx2-0.8.1/work/pcsx2-0.8.1src/Linux'
cc -Wall -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -I. -I.. -I../IPU -I../DebugTools -D__LINUX__ -DENABLE_NLS -DPACKAGE=\"pcsx2\" -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -c -o ../Counters.o ../Counters.c -MD -MF ../Counters.d
cc -Wall -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -I. -I.. -I../IPU -I../DebugTools -D__LINUX__ -DENABLE_NLS -DPACKAGE=\"pcsx2\" -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -c -o ../DebugTools/DisR5900.o ../DebugTools/DisR5900.c -MD -MF ../DebugTools/DisR5900.d
cc -Wall -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -I. -I.. -I../IPU -I../DebugTools -D__LINUX__ -DENABLE_NLS -DPACKAGE=\"pcsx2\" -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -c -o ../Elfheader.o ../Elfheader.c -MD -MF ../Elfheader.d
In file included from ../Counters.c:22In file included from ../Elfheader.c:24:
../Common.h:158:23: error: ix86/ix86.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ../DebugTools/Debug.h:23:
../Common.h:158:23: error: ix86/ix86.h: No such file or directory
,
                 from ../DebugTools/DisR5900.c:23:
../Common.h:158:23: error: ix86/ix86.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [../Counters.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
../Elfheader.c: In function 'parseCommandLine':
../Elfheader.c:187: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'strcpy' differ in signedness
../Elfheader.c: In function 'loadElfFile':
../Elfheader.c:580: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'readFile' differ in signedness
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 2)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 2)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 2)
../Elfheader.c:607: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 2)
../Elfheader.c:608: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:608: warning: null argument where non-null required (argument 1)
../Elfheader.c:560: warning: unused variable 'str2'
make: *** [../Elfheader.o] Error 1
make: *** [../DebugTools/DisR5900.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/games-emulation/pcsx2-0.8.1/work/pcsx2-0.8.1src/Linux'
 * 
 * ERROR: games-emulation/pcsx2-0.8.1 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   49:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line 2265:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       emake -C Linux OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS}" || die "emake failed"
 *  The die message:
 *   emake failed
 * 

Any idea what could i be missing?
EDIT: Fixed, i needed a package named glew.

[Rad]

0.8.1 is very old and much less performant / compatible than the more recent versions. As you can see even the OP didn't use it more than half a year ago.

You may be interested in the updated version on bugs.gentoo.org since its significantly more compatible and performant. As much of a pain it is to install in your own local portage overlay, due to the various ps2emu plugins.

[lazy_bum]

You can install overlay from my sig, my friend added latest PCSX2 ebuilds some time ago. I didn't test those (not enough CPU power), but they work fine for him. (-: