#1115648 ITP: rpcs3 -- PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

#1115648#5
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2025-09-18 22:19:41 UTC
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* Package name    : rpcs3
  Version         : 0.0.37+git20250916.335ed8d+ds-1
  Upstream Author : rpcs3 authors
* URL             : https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/
* License         : GPL-2
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

 The purpose of the project is to completely and accurately emulate
 the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System in its entirety
 with the power of open-source community and reverse engineering.


From the version, it looks like an early experimental emulator, but it's been
around for a long time and using it myself, it's pretty functional.

This package has a long list of dependencies:
- Many available in debian already
- Some in debian, but need minor updates (pugixml version 1.15, wolfssl config)
- Some can't be unbundled, upstream fork or static lib (soundtouch, glslang)
- Some can be packaged separately (libfusion-dev)

Will take it through the usual RFS process, sponsors appreciated.

#1115648#10
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2025-09-19 08:33:02 UTC
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Hi Ahmad, I’ll be really happy to review your work.

I had looked into packaging rpcs3 years ago, and have experience having packaged yuzu and melonDS.

Don’t be afraid to ping me! I get distracted quite easily :)

Bye!

#1115648#17
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2026-01-31 07:29:42 UTC
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Hi Ahmad,

[ +cc games-team mailing list ]

I'd be happy to sponsor the rpcs3 package (and its dependencies).

Do you have any update on the status of this ? I am interested in seeing rpcs3 in Debian eventually and willing to spare a few cycles :-).

Do you have a more concrete list of what deps are we missing / need to be updated in Debian ?

I see the packaging at https://salsa.debian.org/ahmadkhalifa/rpcs3 but it seems to not build in the CI :-(. I didn't look at it in much more detail than that though.

Would you like to move the packaging to the https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/ namespace and maintain it under the games-team? It'd probably make sense to join the team on salsa, too...


Cheers!

Chris

#1115648#22
Date:
2026-01-31 07:37:00 UTC
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oh, I just saw (on an unrelated topic) that you uploaded rpcs3 to
mentors. I will look at the package there, then !

Cheers