Yes, I have DOSBox 0.71 installed on my linux machine, also running Ubuntu 7.10. I used synaptic to install mine, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help when it comes to a manual install though.

You may want to look at DBGL for Linux which also contains a 0.72 DOSBox binary for Ubuntu.

$ sudo apt-get install dosbox

Is not that hard.

Can you apt-get with no internet connection?

If you jave the gcc Compiler and the associated tools, and SDL, installed on your Ubunutu, you only need the DOSBox source code. Self-compiled stuff is usually going to work best since it uses all the right libraries etc.

Try by typing

gcc --version

and also

sdl-config --version

into a console window, if both give you a version message (rather than "command not found") you probably have the needed tools.

The source is straightforward to use: Unpack it

tar xvjf filename.tar.bz2

cd dosbox-0.72 (or whatever it's named, see output of command above)

./configure

wait a minute

make

wait some more minutes

sudo make install

That's all. For more info read the included README file.

TeaRex wrote:

Can you apt-get with no internet connection?

Yes. You can burn packages to a disc then use the cd-rom drive as a source.