How to install Vita3K on a Chromebook


Today we are looking at how to install Vita3K on a Chromebook.  Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

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This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not those with an ARM64 architecture CPU.

To install the firmware, etc, please look here for more information:
https://vita3k.org/quickstart.html

Commands Used:
1) sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
2) sudo apt update
3) sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386
4) wget https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/releases/download/continuous/ubuntu-latest.zip
5) unzip ubuntu-latest.zip 
6) chmod 755 Vita3K
7) sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/oldsources.list
8) sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list
9) sudo echo deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main  | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
10) sudo apt update
11) sudo apt dist-upgrade
12) export MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.4 && export MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=440 && ./Vita3K fixedvblank_mode=0


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