I'm trying to install the Stella Atari Emulator on Ubuntu 20.04 for a course that I'm taking.
I get the following error:
sudo dpkg -i stella_6.5.3_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package stella.
(Reading database ... 202707 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack stella_6.5.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking stella (6.5.3) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of stella:
stella depends on libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.14); however:
Version of libsdl2-2.0-0:amd64 on system is 2.0.10+dfsg1-3.
dpkg: error processing package stella (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
stella
I have been trying to figure out a way to install the specific version of libsdl2 required for this installation, but I can't figure out how to get the 2.0.14 version. Any suggestions?
I've tried
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0=2.0.14
And similar commands with no luck.
The stella version you downloaded is not compatible with the official libsdl2 packet versions of your Ubuntu version. If you just want to use stella, it is available to install as a compatible version through apt:
apt install stella