PS4 Linux Tutorial

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This page will cover on how to install multiple emulators on multiple distros ​

1 - Arch based distros ​

  • NOTE: I will be using yay mostly because pacman may not have all packages.
Retroarch
  • Install these 3 packages using the command provided below:
  • yay -S retroarch-assets-xmb --noconfirm
  • yay -S retroarch-assets-ozone --noconfirm
  • sudo pacman -S retroarch --noconfirm
PCSX2
  • Just install by running yay -S pcsx2 --noconfirm
Dolphin
  • Just install by running yay -S dolphin-emu --noconfirm
Rpcs3

  • Just install by running yay -S rpcs3-bin --noconfirm

  • Also install rpcs3-udev with yay -S rpcs3-udev --noconfirm

  • rpcs3-udev is need for the emulator to be able to utilize ps4 and ps3 controllers.

PPSSPP
  • Just install by running yay -S ppsspp --noconfirm
Duckstation
  • Just install by running yay -S duckstation-gpl --noconfirm

2 - Debian based distros ​

  • NOTE: You will need to run sudo apt install flatpak and flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo before installing most of these.
Retroarch
  • Just install by running sudo apt install retroarch -y
PCSX2

  • Just install by running flatpak install flathub net.pcsx2.PCSX2

  • You can run it by using flatpak run net.pcsx2.PCSX2

Dolphin

  • Just install by running flatpak install flathub org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

  • You can run it by using flatpak run org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

Rpcs3

  • Just install by running flatpak install flathub net.rpcs3.RPCS3

  • You can run it by using flatpak run net.rpcs3.RPCS3

PPSSPP

  • Just install by running flatpak install flathub org.ppsspp.PPSSPP

  • You can run it by using flatpak run org.ppsspp.PPSSPP

Duckstation

  • Download the latest DuckStation-x64.AppImage from https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases

  • Run chmod +x DuckStation-x64.AppImage in the directory in which your DuckStation-x64.AppImage file is located in

  • Run ./DuckStation-x64.AppImage to run DuckStation