APT Repository for DrHelius Emulators

This is the official APT repository (PPA) for DrHelius emulators, served via GitHub Pages.

Available Emulators

Emulator	System	Install Command
Gearboy	Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Super Game Boy	sudo apt install gearboy
Gearsystem	Sega Master System / Game Gear / SG-1000	sudo apt install gearsystem
Gearcoleco	ColecoVision	sudo apt install gearcoleco
Geargrafx	TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine / SuperGrafx / CD-ROM²	sudo apt install geargrafx
Gearlynx	Atari Lynx	sudo apt install gearlynx

Installation

First, add the GPG key and repository:

curl -fsSL https://drhelius.github.io/ppa-geardome/geardome-ppa.gpg | \
  sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/geardome-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/geardome-archive-keyring.gpg] \
  https://drhelius.github.io/ppa-geardome noble main" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/geardome.list

Note: Replace noble with your Ubuntu codename: resolute (26.04), noble (24.04), or jammy (22.04).

Then install any emulator:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gearboy
sudo apt install gearsystem
sudo apt install gearcoleco
sudo apt install geargrafx
sudo apt install gearlynx

Updating

To update all emulators to their latest versions:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Or update a specific emulator:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade geargrafx

Uninstallation

sudo apt remove geargrafx

To remove the repository:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/geardome.list
sudo rm /usr/share/keyrings/geardome-archive-keyring.gpg

License

This repository is provided under the GNU GPL v3 license.