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    Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch

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    • aschwanA
      aschwan @BuZz
      last edited by

      @BuZz said in Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch:

      sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

      Nothing happens when I ssh in and type that command

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @aschwan
        last edited by BuZz

        @aschwan Nothing at all ? No error ? Please post the terminal output after typing it.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • aschwanA
          aschwan
          last edited by aschwan

          @BuZz
          Just sits like this
          0_1481337968600_Screen Shot 2016-12-09 at 8.45.19 PM.png

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @aschwan
            last edited by BuZz

            @aschwan please try

            cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
            git reset --hard
            sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
            

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • aschwanA
              aschwan @BuZz
              last edited by

              @BuZz

              This worked! Thank you!!
              I have been working on this for hours. phew!

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              • S
                sinfolmatt
                last edited by sinfolmatt

                Edit: moving this to it's own thread because the title is different than my problem.

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                • MydriazeM
                  Mydriaze
                  last edited by

                  Same problem here when I type: "sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh" (without " of course) then, I got an error message: "command not found".

                  I switch the default keyboard layout and regional language to French keyboard. Is the problem can be related?

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                  • jonnykeshJ
                    jonnykesh @Mydriaze
                    last edited by

                    @mydriaze It's not related to your keyboard locale setting. Check to see if the retropie_setup.sh script is actually there. Also navigate to the setup directory with cd /home/pi/Retropie-Setupand then try and launch from there sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
                    Does it launch from the RetroPie configuration menu in ES?

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                    • MydriazeM
                      Mydriaze
                      last edited by

                      Thanks for your answer. Let's be honest. I was not sure someoner will ever reply to an old thread. I did a fresh install thius afternoon. I will try again to see if the problem persist. If yes, I will - of course - let you know.

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                      • MydriazeM
                        Mydriaze
                        last edited by

                        @mydriaze said in Retro Pie Setup Won't Launch:

                        "sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh"

                        UPDATE: it was a typo: I wrote "sudo ~/Retropie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh" instead of "sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh".

                        Remember kids, always check case/capital when you type something!

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                        • jonnykeshJ
                          jonnykesh @Mydriaze
                          last edited by

                          @mydriaze Ha! Always remember: Linux is case sensitive.

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                          • SanoS
                            Sano
                            last edited by

                            Just overuse bash completion to avoid this kind of issues.
                            Tab key FTW :)

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                            • XxDarkOverlordxXX
                              XxDarkOverlordxX
                              last edited by XxDarkOverlordxX

                              Just a quick update to anyone needing to clear retropie-setup script for updating

                              //to clean update script

                              cd RetroPie-Setup

                              cd origin/master

                              git pull

                              git clean -d -f

                              git reset —hard origin/master

                              // should be cleaned up now and script should update on next check

                              BOOM!!!!!!!

                              sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
                              

                              if it doesn't work for some reason

                              login:pi
                              password:raspberry

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                              • XxDarkOverlordxXX
                                XxDarkOverlordxX @XxDarkOverlordxX
                                last edited by XxDarkOverlordxX

                                @XxDarkOverlordxX

                                // to reset HEAD and put back
                                cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
                                Git checkout master

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @XxDarkOverlordxX
                                  last edited by

                                  @XxDarkOverlordxX You're replying to a 2 years old topic and your git examples are not quite correct. Is there a point to this ? @BuZz provided the right answer back in the day, that's all you need to do in order to reset your local RetroPie-Setup copy.

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                                  • C
                                    CargoRunner @BuZz
                                    last edited by

                                    @buzz Thanks so much for this !!!!!! I am not sure what happened with last update a few months ago but I had the exact same problem when I tried to to get the latest update. None of the retropie menu options worked and the command like setup did nothing. Your command has certainly helped a huge amount. Now I am just getting "Temporary failure resolving 'raspbian.raspberrypi.org'" errors and "error cannot lock ref 'refs/tags/4.7': unable to resolve reference. But great progress, thank you

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