Installation on Arch Linux and Debian

EmuGUI on Linux(Debian/Arch Linux)

System requirements

In general, the latest (LTS) version of your Linux distro is required.

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	AMD64 Dual-core, @ 2.4 GHz	AMD64 Quad-core, @ 3.2 GHz from 2008 or later
RAM	6 GB	16 GB
HDD	2 GB at least	20 GB
Graphics	DirectX 10 or OpenGL 2.1	DirectX 12 or OpenGL 3.3
Additional notes	QEMU must be installed seperately	QEMU must be installed seperately

Important: These are only template requirements for getting any VM to run. The real requirements depend on what OS you want to run. Some operating systems won't work with these barebone specifications.

Please note that starting 11th November, 2025, the system requirements will be raised as follows.

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	AMD64 Dual-Core with 4 threads @ 2.8 GHz or AMD64 Quad-Core @ 2.5 GHz	AMD64 Hexa-core, @ 3.2 GHz from 2011 or later
RAM	8 GB² DDR3	16 GB DDR4
HDD	4 GB at least	30 GB at least on an SSD
Graphics	OpenGL 3.3	OpenGL 4.3
Additional notes	QEMU must be installed seperately	QEMU must be installed seperately

² If you're using integrated graphics, you will need 12 GB of RAM.

To install EmuGUI on "Debian", follow these steps:

1. Download the latest .deb from the releases tab.
2. Open a terminal instance in the folder where the .deb is located.
3. Run apt install ./deb-name.deb (replace "deb-name" with the name of your downloaded .deb)
     The installation of EmuGUI starts.

To install EmuGUI on "Arch Linux", follow these steps:

1. Download the latest .tar.zst from the releases tab.
2. Open a terminal instance in the folder where the .deb is located.
3. Run pacman -U ./zst-name.tar.zst (replace "zst-name" with the name of your downloaded .tar.zst)
     The installation of EmuGUI starts.

Documentation by user0. And edited by Rain OS X Yosemite. System requirements added by Nicolas Lucien.