ScummVM Documentation

Enter the following on the command line to install the ScummVM Snap:

sudo snap install scummvm

To run ScummVM, enter scummvm on the command line, or launch ScummVM through
the desktop interface by clicking Menu > Games > ScummVM.
Installing ScummVM using Flathub
Flathub is another way to install apps for Linux, by using Flatpak. Flatpak comes stan-
dard with Fedora-based distributions, but can be installed on any Linux operating sys-
tem. The Flathub website has excellent install instructions.
When Flatpak is installed, enter the following on the command line to install Scum-
mVM:

flatpak install flathub org.scummvm.ScummVM

Some distributions have the option to install Flatpaks through the graphical desktop
interface. Navigate to the ScummVM Flatpak page , click the INSTALL button and then
follow the install process.
To run ScummVM, enter the following on the command line:

flatpak run org.scummvm.ScummVM

To pass Command line arguments, add them after the Flatpak run command.

Note: The Flatpak version of ScummVM is sandboxed, meaning that any games need
to be copied into the Documents folder to be accessible by ScummVM.

Installing ScummVM using the software repository

ScummVM is found in the software repositories of many Linux distributions.

Caution: The repositories might not contain the most up-to-date version of Scum-
mVM.

To run ScummVM, enter scummvm on the command line, or launch ScummVM through
the desktop interface by clicking Menu > Games > ScummVM.
Installing ScummVM using the release binaries
Binary packages are only released for Debian and Ubuntu. On the ScummVM down-
loads page, find and download the ScummVM package that corresponds to your op-
erating system and architecture. To install a DEB package, either double click on the
downloaded DEB file to use the graphical installer, or, if that’s not available, use the
command line.

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