How To Install Dolphin Emulator 2407 in Ubuntu 24.04
Dolphin is the popular GameCube and Wii emulator. In this tutorial post, we will show you the step by step guide to install free open-source dolphin emulator in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. We will show you the two methods for the Dolphin emulator installation on Ubuntu 24.04.
How To Install Dolphin Emulator 2407 In Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.0
There are two ways to install Dolphin Emulator in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and other Ubuntu version.
Option 1:
Install Dolphin Emulator 2407 from Ubuntu PPA
Thanks to the blog ubuntuhandbook for the PPA. Run the following command to add the PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/dolphin-emu
Now its time to install the .deb package of the emulator by running command:
sudo apt install dolphin-emu
For some users, the app might NOT launch after installation. If that is the case then try to install the qt6-wayland and qt6-qpa-plugins via command:
sudo apt install qt6-wayland qt6-qpa-plugins
Option 2:
Install Dolphin Emulator Flatpak package
Run the following command in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to install Flatpak daemon package:
sudo apt install flatpak
Then, run the following command to add Flathub repository:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Finally, Execute the following command to install the package via command:
flatpak install flathub org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu
After installation, search for and launch it from start menu or Gnome overview. If you are unable to find the icon then restart your Ubuntu.
How To Uninstall Dolphin Emulator From Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
It is quite easy to uninstall the Flatpak package from the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Run the following command to uninstall Flatpak package.
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu
Now, run the following command to clear useless run-time libraries.
flatpak uninstall --unused
Also if you have installed Dolphin emulator using deb package then run the following command to uninstall the .deb package
sudo apt remove --autoremove dolphin-emu dolphin-emu-data
Also remove the Ubuntu PPA by running command:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/dolphin-emu
