Retropie on ubuntu is broken.

BuZz

@renario910 said in Retropie on ubuntu is broken.:

Oh an btw it gives the same error if i type something instead of xmlstartlet. Maybe the thing in github is misspelled?

It's xmlstarlet not xmlstartlet - although you spell it correctly in the original post.

Renario910

@buzz yeah i didn't copy that one. Should i do the same thing on 16.04 or should i try to find etc?
Edit: i found the file, but i am having difficulties posting the file, or opening it.

mitu

@renario910 No, the lines @buzz has pasted are for the 18.04 version of Ubuntu, not for 16.04. Which one do you have installed right now ?

Renario910

18.04, i just installed it and tried the same stuff, @BuZz recommended that i try 18.04 in the beginning of the post, however i can reinstall 16.04 again.

Renario910

@buzz use what? do i type that text into the terminal?

Edit: i think this is the list?

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver - Release amd64 (20180426)]/ bionic main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

mitu

@renario910 No, you open the file @BuZz indicated (/etc/apt/sources.list) with a text editor and replace the contents of the file with the text indicated.

Renario910

@mitu yes, but after that he aslo said "or use this one", which got me confused. I also didn't understood a single word under the black box with text.

Renario910

@BuZz it gives me an error while trying to save:
"Could not save the file "/etc/apt/sources.list"."
You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

(the file is read only)

Renario910

so how do i edit sources.list?

chipsnblip

@renario910 said in Retropie on ubuntu is broken.:

so how do i edit sources.list?

from a terminal, type sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

but i think it's also important to familiarize yourself with some basic unix/linux concepts, since this is turning into more of an Ubuntu support thread.