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Updating from Binary vs Source Difference?

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    RetroFreak89
    last edited by 18 Aug 2017, 11:20

    Afternoon pi lovers

    Curious i see alot of people always pick binary but i my self always go with source isnt the source the latest version?
    Whats the difference anyway?
    Should i be doing binary instead or doesnt matter?

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      EctoOne @RetroFreak89
      last edited by 18 Aug 2017, 11:59

      Source is the latest version but it takes some time to compile. Binary is precompiled and therefore faster to download, but sometimes it's not the latest version.
      I always do binary updates first and only do source when I know it's not the latest version.

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        edmaul69 @RetroFreak89
        last edited by 18 Aug 2017, 14:51

        @retrofreak89 binary is a stable version. The source might be the latest but could have bugs in it.

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          RetroFreak89 @edmaul69
          last edited by 20 Aug 2017, 18:12

          @edmaul69 i see thanks ill keep it in mind ha

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            hooperre
            last edited by hooperre 9 Dec 2017, 20:28 12 Sept 2017, 19:27

            How, by looking at a GitHub, do I know when the last 'binary' has been built?

            https://github.com/libretro/nestopia/ ... for example

            4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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