Installing VICE (Commodore Emulator)

The only issue I had installing this was where to put the ROM files.

It needs


Every emulator requires its own ROM set. For the VIC20 and the C64, the ROM set consists of the following files:

• `kernal', the Kernal ROM (8 KBytes)
• `basic', the Basic ROM (8 KBytes)
• `chargen', the character generator ROM (4 Kbytes)

The C128 needs the following files:

• `kernal', the Kernal ROM (8 Kbytes)
• `basic', the Basic + Editor ROM (32 Kbytes)
• `chargen', the character generator ROM (4 Kbytes)

The C128, VIC20 and C64 emulators also need the following DOS ROMs for the hardware-level emulation of the 1541, 1571 and 1581 disk drives:

• `dos1541', the 1541 drive ROM (16 Kbytes)
• `dos1541II', the 1541-II drive ROM (16 Kbytes)
• `dos1571', the 1571 drive ROM (32 Kbytes)
• `dos1581', the 1581 drive ROM (32 Kbytes)

I took mine from my C64 Forever Disk (which uses VICE) and going in as ROOT (for the elevated privileges  placed them in 

~/usr/local/lib/VICE/ or ~/usr/lib/VICE/

(Oh "~" this means HOME FOLDER, it's placed there to replace whatever you have named your home folder as because its impossible for the person to know what everyone's named their home folder right ? That would be creepy.

placing the right files in each folder named after the machine e.g. Vic 20, C64

Link to VICE Manual:

http://www.viceteam.org/vice_4.html