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I'm trying to run simple64 in Linux Mint but I'm getting error messages that I don't know how to fix. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: I'm no longer looking for help with this. The issue seems to be with the app itself and I have submitted a bug report for the app on github.

Before you tell me I should try another n64 emulator, I have been using other emulators but I have a game that isn't working and I'm trying to run it in other emulators.

Anyways, if I try to run simple64 through the terminal, I get the error message:

Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"

I tried to look into this and it seems that I'm supposed to install "xapp" but I'm getting the error message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: xapp : Depends: libxapp1 (= 2.2.8-1) but 2.8.2+virginia is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I tried to fix it with sudo apt --fix-broken install xapp but it's just giving me the same error message. Is there anything else I can try before I try another emulator?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The APT error is most likely a result of using PPAs - some PPA you use (probably the one with simple64) provides libxapp1 2.8, but doesn't provide happy at all, so you end up falling back to the much older version from your distro's repositories. But xapp needs an exact version of libxapp1, so you get this error.

That said, if the simple64 PPA doesn't provide the xapp package, then it perhaps isn't required and the module should be provided by libxapp1 (and the problem is something different). Or maybe it comes from a completely different PPA - I believe apt policy libxapp1 should tell you where it's coming from.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Simple64 isn't a PPA, it's downloaded from flathub and the github page only links to flathub. If you are seeing a PPA, it's probably not real. Also, I'm not sure what to do with the information but that command gives me: libxapp1: Installed: 2.8.2+virginia Candidate: 2.8.2+virginia Version table: *** 2.8.2+virginia 500 500 http://mirror.team-cymru.com/mint-packages virginia/backport amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.2.8-1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages