# Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi

DevFeed: [Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/emulate-apple-ii-on-raspberry-pi-107789.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/10/30/emulate-apple-ii-on-raspberry-pi/>)

Author: Anne Barela

Published: 2026-10-30T13:24:28Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Adafruit Industries](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adafruit-industries-makers-hackers-artists-designers-and-engineers.md>)

Topics: [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>)

Tags: [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [apple-ii](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple-ii.md>), [basic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/basic.md>), [cmake](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cmake.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/color.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [display](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/display.md>), [emulation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulation.md>), [emulator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator.md>), [fork](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fork.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keys.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [retro-gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retro-gaming.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [vintage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vintage.md>), [vintage-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vintage-computing.md>)

## AI overview

The tutorial builds and installs LinApple, an Apple II emulator forked from AppleWin, on Raspberry Pi. Because LinApple is absent from Raspberry Pi OS's apt repository, the guide installs dependencies, clones and builds the source with cmake, then installs it under /usr/local. It also copies the default configuration and a sample disk image for editing; the Mockingboard sound card is enabled by default. A short BASIC program, typed in or loaded from the sample disk, draws a square controlled with WASD and demonstrates Apple II color artefacts. The text also points to audetto's fork, which syncs regularly with upstream AppleWin and tracks its features more closely.

## Source excerpt

Brian Jepson, writing on raspberrypi.com, walks through running an Apple II emulator on a Raspberry Pi. The tutorial comes from The Raspberry Pi Guide to Retro Gaming book and uses LinApple, a fork of the AppleWin emulator originally created by Mike O'Brien and ported to Linux by David Baucum and other contributors. The post also [...]