How to play PS2 games on Lubuntu

Besides playstation 1 (PS1) there is also emulator for playstation 2 (PS2), read this article if you are interested of playing playstation 2 games on lubuntu.

While PCSX is emulator for playstation 1, PCSX2 is emulator for playstation 2 or PS2, so if you want to play PS2 games you will need to install PCSX2.

Keep in mind that emulating PS2 is not an easy job, you will need computer with good hardware specs, if not the emulator won't work.

Alright, to install PCSX2 on lubuntu, simply open up your terminal/ command line/ command prompt and then run this command:

sudo apt-get install pcsx2

kernelpanic@kernelpanic:~$ sudo apt-get install pcsx2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  at-spi2-core colord colord-data libaio1:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
  libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
  libavahi-common3:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcolorhug2 libcomerr2:i386
  libcups2:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libegl1-mesa:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
  libfreetype6:i386 libgbm1:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglew1.10:i386
  libglib2.0-0:i386 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls-deb0-28:i386 libgraphite2-3:i386
  libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgtk2.0-bin libharfbuzz0b:i386
  libhogweed4:i386 libice6:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjbig0:i386
  libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386
  libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libnettle6:i386 libnotify4:i386
  libp11-kit0:i386 libpango-1.0-0:i386 libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386
  libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libportaudio2:i386
  libsamplerate0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libsoundtouch0:i386
  libspeexdsp1:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libthai0:i386 libtiff5:i386 libuuid1:i386
  libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 libwxbase3.0-0v5:i386
  libwxgtk3.0-0v5:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
  libxcb-xfixes0:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxi6:i386
  libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386
Suggested packages:
  colord-sensor-argyll glew-utils:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 krb5-doc:i386
  krb5-user:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 gvfs:i386 jackd2:i386
Recommended packages:
  libgtk2.0-bin:i386 notification-daemon:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  at-spi2-core colord colord-data libaio1:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
  libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
  libavahi-common3:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcolorhug2 libcomerr2:i386
  libcups2:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libegl1-mesa:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
  libfreetype6:i386 libgbm1:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglew1.10:i386
  libglib2.0-0:i386 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls-deb0-28:i386 libgraphite2-3:i386
  libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgtk2.0-bin libharfbuzz0b:i386
  libhogweed4:i386 libice6:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjbig0:i386
  libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386
  libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libnettle6:i386 libnotify4:i386
  libp11-kit0:i386 libpango-1.0-0:i386 libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386
  libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libportaudio2:i386
  libsamplerate0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libsoundtouch0:i386
  libspeexdsp1:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libthai0:i386 libtiff5:i386 libuuid1:i386
  libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 libwxbase3.0-0v5:i386
  libwxgtk3.0-0v5:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
  libxcb-xfixes0:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxi6:i386
  libxinerama1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 pcsx2:i386
0 upgraded, 70 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 17,9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 66,0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Once installed you can find PCSX2 from lubuntu start menu > Games > PCSX2. There is no guarantee that all PS2 games will work on PCSX2, you can see the compatibility list from PCSX2 website.