Build PCEM:

*IMPORTANT (oct 2024a); Box86 has replaced PCEM (devolvement on PCEM stalled a couple of years ago and Box86 has improved significantly, plus Box86 was originally a fork of PCEM).
Don't use this (PCEM) software unless you really need to.

*This is the Full 90s PC emulator. This works on Ubuntu 22.04.

Build:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/sarah-walker-pcem/pcem.git
sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libpcap0.8-dev ninja-build libalut-dev libwxgtk-media3.0 gettext libsdl-dev
cd pcem
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
ninja
sudo ninja install

Fix "cant start since roms are not found:
*Need to download rom pack first (should have on my NAS).

sudo rm -r /usr/local/share/pcem/roms/*
sudo mv /home/emperor_penguin_of_japan/Downloads/PCem_ROMs/* /usr/local/share/pcem/roms/
sudo mv /home/emperor_penguin_of_japan/Downloads/pcxt.rom /usr/local/share/pcem/roms/
ln -s /usr/local/share/pcem/roms/* ~/.pcem/roms/

*To insert iso (cd) and other menu items once set up, right click window of running emulator when mouse capture is not active.
Also will need to create a desktop file.

To purge pcem:

sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/pcem /usr/local/share/pcem /usr/local/share/man/man1/pcem.man  /usr/local/include/pcem /usr/local/lib/libpcem-plugin-api.so /usr/share/applications/PCEM.desktop

Sources:

Date: December 2022 to February 2023.
Update (July 28th 2024): Fixed typo and missing libsdl-dev dependent.

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