# RPCSX *An experimental emulator for PS4 (PlayStation 4) for Linux written in C++* [![Build RPCSX](../../../actions/workflows/rpcsx.yml/badge.svg)](../../../actions/workflows/rpcsx.yml) [![Formatting check](../../../actions/workflows/format.yml/badge.svg)](../../../actions/workflows/format.yml) [![](https://img.shields.io/discord/252023769500090368?color=5865F2&logo=discord&logoColor=white)](https://discord.gg/t6dzA4wUdG)
> **Warning**
> It's NOT possible to run any games yet, and there is no ETA for when this will change ## Contributing If you want to contribute as a developer, please contact us in the [Discord](https://discord.gg/t6dzA4wUdG). ## Building 1. Install dependencies for Debian-like distributions ``sudo apt install build-essential cmake libunwind-dev libglfw3-dev libvulkan-dev vulkan-validationlayers-dev spirv-tools glslang-tools libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev libxbyak-dev`` 2. Building `mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && cmake --build .` ## How to create to create virtual hdd `truncate -s 512M ps4-hdd.exfat` `mkfs.exfat -n PS4-HDD ./ps4-hdd.exfat` `mkdir ps4-fs` ``sudo mount -t exfat -o uid=`id -u`,gid=`id -g` ./ps4-hdd.exfat ./ps4-fs`` ## How to Run samples and games ( one day ) See usage message of `rpcsx-os` (`-h` argument), or join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/t6dzA4wUdG) for help. You can run emulator with Samples using this command: `rm -f /dev/shm/rpcsx-* && ./rpcsx-os --mount "/system" "/system" --mount "" /app0 /app0/some-test-sample.elf [...]` ## Creating a log use flag `--trace` if you got sigfault You can redirect all log messages to the file by appending following to command: `&>log.txt` ## License RPCSX is licensed under GPLv2 license except directories containing their own LICENSE file, or files containing their own license. Thus, orbis-kernel is licensed under the MIT license.