shadPS4/documents/building-linux.md

Build shadPS4 for Linux

Install the necessary tools to build shadPS4:

Debian & Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install build-essential libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libopenal-dev zlib1g-dev libedit-dev libvulkan-dev libudev-dev git libevdev-dev libsdl2-2.0 libsdl2-dev libjack-dev libsndio-dev

Fedora

sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel cmake libatomic libevdev-devel libudev-devel openal-devel qt6-qtbase-devel qt6-qtbase-private-devel vulkan-devel pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit-devel qt6-qtmultimedia-devel qt6-qtsvg-devel

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S openal cmake vulkan-validation-layers qt6-base qt6-declarative qt6-multimedia sdl2 sndio jack2 base-devel

OpenSUSE

sudo zypper install git cmake libasound2 libpulse-devel openal-soft-devel zlib-devel libedit-devel vulkan-devel libudev-devel libqt6-qtbase-devel libqt6-qtmultimedia-devel libqt6-qtsvg-devel libQt6Gui-private-headers-devel libevdev-devel libsndio7_1 libjack-devel

Cloning and compiling:

Clone the repository recursively:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4.git
cd shadPS4

Generate the build directory in the shadPS4 directory:

cmake -S . -B build/

Enter the directory:

cd build/

Use make to build the project:

cmake --build . --parallel$(nproc)

Now run the emulator:

./shadps4 /"PATH"/"TO"/"GAME"/"FOLDER"/eboot.bin