Installing on 32bit Ubuntu, new user that would really appreciate the help

[Wdcook3]

I have a 3.20 pent D, 1gig ram and a HD 6450 in a old dell optiplex 320 running the newest Ubuntu 17.10. I realize the 32bit is unsupported but I would be happy with playing any build of the GC and Wii. I'm only about a week old into Linux trying to turn this old pc into an arcade. I've tried various PPA and install methods until I read that it wasn't supported by 32bit anymore but there were old releases or ways to compile it. I recently stumbled across this explaining how to do it but I'm unsure if it will work. https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/wiki/Building-for-Linux I'm also unsure the best way to adapt it to ubuntu or when I get to the part of "It's strongly recommended to perform a global installation via sudo make install" I'm not sure what that even means or how I should go about integrating it.

So any hopes of fixing what I need to do for the posted link or an all new method together to get it to work would be highly appreciated!

[DJBarry004]

Why don´t you just upgrade to 4GB RAM and then use 64-bit Ubuntu?

[AnyOldName3]

I'm not sure there's any point bothering with Dolphin on a Pentium D. You're definitely in the territory where not a single game will run at the correct speed.

[Helios]

^ what he said.

Additionally, we do not support anything older than 5.0, so you're unfortunately on your own.

[Wdcook3]

I will be building a new pc for my arcade over the summer but I was really hoping to get just a couple games working for the Wii and GC. I've read that there is no support for 5.0 but just to clarify is there anyway at all to install an older version even just to get a few gamecube games playing? I do apologize, I wish this was as easy as my higher end windows PC. Just installed, threw in the game and it all worked perfectly lol. But I do highly appreciate your help and hope I am not asking to much for something like this. I realize it will not play the best either but I would just like to have it working at all!

[mstreurman]

(02-23-2018, 06:36 AM)Wdcook3 Wrote: I will be building a new pc for my arcade over the summer but I was really hoping to get just a couple games working for the Wii and GC.  I've read that there is no support for 5.0 but just to clarify is there anyway at all to install an older version even just to get a few gamecube games playing?  I do apologize, I wish this was as easy as my higher end windows PC.  Just installed, threw in the game and it all worked perfectly lol.  But I do highly appreciate your help and hope I am not asking to much for something like this.  I realize it will not play the best either but I would just like to have it working at all!

Pentium D's are just really, really slow. I wouldn't even bother trying when older Core 2 Duo's already have issues playing games with a 64bit version, I don't want to imagine what a Pentium D would do on 32bits

[Wdcook3]

Thanks everyone! I think I will just head the advice and forgo attempting to get it working on this pc. I do apologize for taking up forum space and people's time replying but I was hoping to at least attempt it.

[degasus]

I have to disagree with the other comments, your pentium D is about as fast as current state-of-the-art mobile phones. So you should get quite a few games fullspeed, just look in the android section for recormended games on low speed CPUs. Just start with: New Super Mario Brother, Mario Kart Double Dash, Zelda Windwaker.

But you have to deal with other kind of issues:
- You need 64 bit support for the fastest performance, so you need to reinstall your OS.
- Likely worse, you will be bottlenecked soon by your memory, 1GB isn't great. But it should be fine for dolphin - but not for a state-of-the-art desktop system. As you're familiar with ubuntu, I'd pick xubuntu, 17.10. Pick dolphin-master for the greatest performance (and a compile time of 1hour). If it is still too less memory, skip our UI and use the WX UI only for configuration and the non-ui build for playing.