Ubuntu

There's no need to compile ZSNES oneself under Ubuntu--it's actually an available package. This site is a good way to find out if something is available under Ubuntu's primary repository.

Make sure you have the Multiverse repositories enabled (Ubuntu's wiki covers what this means, but you're looking to make sure "multiverse" is on an enabled repository line in sources.list) on the main Ubuntu repository. Synaptic should be able to help you do this.

Once done, install zsnes through Synaptic, Aptitude, or your favoured package manager (there's a few of them for the apt system). The simple way would be to update apt's sources and then run the below with proper rights:

apt-get install zsnes

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It is silly to try to run a Linux version of a program that has been ported from Windows? I know Linux is not Windows, but to say that the program runs on Linux and in reality it does not is just a tad bit misleading, don't you think?

You misunderstood Merv. Linux programs are NOT exe, dll, et al files; they would simply have +x permissions (executable bit). A real good way to know you've downloaded a Linux program is if the thing comes with something named "README", and it mentions cc, gcc, or anything of that sort. Of course, that's not a universal rule.

How ya doing, buddy?