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    ASUS Tinkerboard: unable to install retroarch and emulationstation.

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
      last edited by

      All boils down to libsdl2 not being build for your platform. If you look closely at the installation log, the build failes because you're missing a few packages:

       dpkg-checkbuilddeps: error: Unmet build dependencies: libgl1-mesa-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev
      

      Install those packages manually, then re-try the process. However, it's not guaranteed that even if they compile and install they will work correctly on your environment. The tinkerboard is still an experimental platform at this point for RetroPie.

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      • ExarKunIvE
        ExarKunIv
        last edited by

        dont know if you tried this but there is a guy who is working on a build of retropie for the tinker board.

        forum

        he does not have anything do to with the work that is done here but its worth a look.

        RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
        RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
        Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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          E3L1 @mitu
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          @mitu sorry for my lack of Linux knowledge but how would I get and install said packages?

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            E3L1 @ExarKunIv
            last edited by

            @ExarKunIv I’ve actually looked at it but for some reason when I write the image the sad card won’t boot... actually for that matter the only thing I’ve been able to get boot in tinker OS...

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @E3L1
              last edited by

              @E3L1 Just like on any Debian distro, using apt

              apt -y install libgl1-mesa-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev
              
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              • ExarKunIvE
                ExarKunIv @E3L1
                last edited by

                @E3L1 ok , just a thought.
                i have not got the board yet, so i cant help.
                been meaning to but have not had the chance

                RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                  E3L1 @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu OK so now there installed but now I have a new problem.... when I try to start EmulationStation all I get back is;

                  “Error creating SDL window!
                  Could not initialize OpenGL / GLES library
                  Renderer failed to initialize!
                  Window failed to initialize!”

                  So am I missing open GL? Or is some other thing preventing it from starting?

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators
                    last edited by

                    I've not tested this for some time on the tinker board. It's possible something has happened to break it. I was considering to ditch support for the Image that comes with the tinkerboard and instead look at using Armbian as a base as it looks like it's better support. I cannot offer any advice until I have looked at this.

                    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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                      E3L1 @BuZz
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                      @BuZz on that note ive tried using armbian but it seams that only tinkeros is actually bootable on the tinkerboard.... any ideas why?

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @E3L1
                        last edited by

                        @E3L1 No - I've yet to try Armbian on the Tinker board.

                        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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                          E3L1 @BuZz
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                          @BuZz so ive been looking around, do I need to disable the desktop interface for emulationstation to work?

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                            E3L1
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                            so got armbian to boot, the problem was that I put a paperclip through the run pinouts for tinker os, armbian dous NOT boot with them shorted.... will now try armbian install

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                              E3L1
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                              Well I’ve managed to get everything installed and running though for some reason there is this strange audio thing happening, literally 50% of the time when starting games the audio is missing but like super predictable like start game no audio, restart same game audio, restart again no audio.... any ideas?

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                                Esmertec
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                                @E3L1 , try this:
                                In terminal type:
                                sudo nano /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
                                Then Change
                                defaults.pcm.card to 1
                                To
                                defaults.pcm.card to 0
                                Save, exit, and reboot.

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