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On Ubuntu 21.10, dolphin-emu was accessible via a simple sudo apt install dolphin-emu. I didn't need to add a ppa or anything like that, despite Dolphin's official instructions. I suspect this is probably because it was available via Debian. edit it was available in Ubuntu 21.10 Universe repo, and not in Debian main

This no longer works in Ubuntu 22.04, and my existing dolphin-emu was removed when I upgraded. When I try to install it I'm met with this message.

Package dolphin-emu is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

So clearly it was here, but the upgrade to 22.04 from 21.10 removed the binary from my system. The PPA also fails with this error

Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease            
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Ign:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dolphin-emu/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease  
Err:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dolphin-emu/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/dolphin-emu/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

So how is one expected to install dolphin-emu on Ubuntu 22.04?

karel
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Raven
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The snap version works just fine on 22.04.

sudo snap install dolphin-emulator

Refer to this site for full installation instructions: https://snapcraft.io/install/dolphin-emulator/ubuntu#install

James
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I just installed it fine on Ubuntu 22.04 following the "Building Dolphin on Linux" guide on wiki-dolphin-emu. It takes a while to build and install but it does seem to work for The Wind Waker so far.

Zach
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And for people like me (avoiding snap and flatpak)

There is a ppa available (nightly build)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:drewwalton19216801/dolphin-master-cosmic

And

sudo apt install  dolphin-emu-master

At the moment the last supported release is mantic.

nobody
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Dolphin Emulator is also available on Flathub

Intall https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

Download flatpak run org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

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I'm trying to upvote captainkout and comment his answer, but some brainiac figured it was a good idea to lock upvotes behind "reputation system".

Anyway, Flatpak worked for me and you don't need that answer's link to install. You may install using:

flatpak install org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

then the run line just like his answer stated:

flatpak run org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu

If this is unnecessary to you now, I hope it is useful to the next Linux gamer that stumbles upon dolphin-emu's ban from apt repos.

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