EmulationStation localization (translation)

mvmiranda

First of all, thank you all for this!
This is awesome as my kids and friends, who don't speak English, can fully enjoy my Retropie setup now!

I'm running the latest Retropie 4.5.2 with underlying OS and every core updated along with the Comic Book theme and I'm experiencing something I'd call a hickup, not an issue or error.
Whenever I load a game and quit it using START+SELECT the screen becomes black ad it takes almost 15 seconds to the theme come back with my games list.
It started immediately after I compiled the emulationstation with localization and copied it over the original one.
Does anyone have any clue of what might be happening?
Thanks!

Clyde

Hi, I need a little help with GitHub. A while ago, I created a branch for the German translation: https://github.com/Taranchul/EmulationStation

Now, I want to work a little more on the German translation, but my branch is "19 commits behind flyinghead:master", as Github tells me.

How do I update my branch to the current state of @Flyinghead's master? I'm using Linux, so instructions for either the bash or the web interface of Github are welcome. Thanks!

mitu

@Clyde Assuming you have check out locally your Github repo, follow the instructions here to add @Flyinghead's repository as an upstream and sync it. Make your modifications locally, then push to your Github repo, so you'll be able to create a new PR to the upstream project.

Clyde

@mitu Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. For anyone who is puzzled about this, too, these commands did the job. Anything behind # in a line is just a comment.

git clone https://github.com/Taranchul/EmulationStation # Use the url of your own branch.
cd EmulationStation # Use the directory the former command downloaded to.
git remote -v       # This should only show your own url as "origin".
git remote add upstream https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation # Don't change this url!
git remote -v       # Just for checking, it should list flyinghead's repo as "upstream".
git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git merge upstream/master               # Now, your LOCAL copy should match flyinghead's repo.
git submodule update --init --recursive # Also clone the submodule in external/pugixml`.
git push origin master                  # Upload your local copy to your GitHub repository.

Guides used:

More experienced users may correct anything that's wrong or unnecessary. :)

One more question: After editing a file and pushing it into my repo, how do I make a pull request from the command line?

Update: Added git submodule update --init --recursive and the resp. guide.

Clyde

I have a problem running the compiled ES fork with the German locale:

$ LANG=de_DE.UTF8 ./emulationstation
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::locale::conv::invalid_charset_error'
  what():  Invalid or unsupported charset:UTF-8 or CHARSET
Aborted

With en_US.UTF8, the program runs fine (albeit with an extremely long time of the "Loading ..." screen). edit: fr_FR.UTF-8 also works fine.

My locales seem to be okay:

$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
de_DE.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX

I also re-generated the German locale with sudo locale-gen de_DE and sudo locale-gen de_DE.UTF8.

Any ideas?

brigada

Hello,
how do I install the translation on a linux mint 19.2 system?

heloisa

@brigada Hello. Try this https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/locales.html

brigada

@heloisa I'm sorry, maybe I was wrong, I meant to change the emulation station language on the linux mint system.

heloisa

@brigada Sorry. I don't know.

Clyde

@brigada Just follow the instructions at https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation and report any problems here.

brigada

@Clyde

Hello, I'm sorry that I write so late, had no time.

I get the message from linux:

retrogaming@retrogaming:~$ cd /home/retrogaming/EmulationStation
retrogaming@retrogaming:~/EmulationStation$ mkdir build
mkdir: das Verzeichnis »build“ kann nicht angelegt werden: Die Datei existiert bereits
retrogaming@retrogaming:~/EmulationStation$ cd build
retrogaming@retrogaming:~/EmulationStation/build$ cmake ..
-- Looking for FreeImage...
-- Checking for module 'freeimage'
--   No package 'freeimage' found
-- Found FreeImage: optimized;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so;debug;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreeimage.so
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1947 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.65.1

  Boost include path: /usr/include

  Could not find the following Boost libraries:

          boost_date_time
          boost_locale

  No Boost libraries were found.  You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
  directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
  Boost.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:58 (find_package)


-- VLC library found
-- Looking for libCEC...
-- Checking for module 'libcec'
--   Package 'p8-platform', required by 'libcec', not found
-- Could not locate libCEC
-- Native language support enabled.
Building the pot file
LANG = [de_DE]
LANG = ca_ES
LANG = de_DE
LANG = es_ES
LANG = fr
LANG = it
LANG = ja_JP
LANG = ko_KR
LANG = pt_BR
LANG = zh_TW
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/retrogaming/EmulationStation/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/home/retrogaming/EmulationStation/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

Clyde

@brigada cmake reports the package libcec as missing. Check which packages from the libcec family are installed:

sudo apt install aptitude  # install aptitude
aptitude search libcec     # use aptitude to search for libcec

The output of the second command should look like this:

p   libcec                           - Meta package libCEC.                                                                                                       
i   libcec-dev                       - libCEC communication Library (development files)                                                                           
v   libcec-platform                  -                                                                                                                            
p   libcec-platform-dev              - CEC Platform support library -- development files                                                                          
p   libcec-platform1v5               - CEC Platform support library                                                                                               
i A libcec4                          - libCEC communication Library (shared library)                                                                              
p   libcec4-dbgsym                   - debug symbols for libcec4                                                                                                  
p   libcec4-dev                      - libCEC communication Library (development files)                                                                           
p   python-libcec                    - Python bindings for libCEC                                                                                                 
p   python-libcec-dbgsym             - debug symbols for python-libcec

Try to install any packages without an i in front of them (i means installed) with the command sudo apt install <package name> and restart cmake. Worthwhile candidates for software compilation are those ending with -dev (development packages). After you've pinpointed the missing package, you may remove the others again with sudo apt remove <package name>.

Examples:

sudo apt install libcec-dev

sudo apt remove libcec-dev

brigada

@Clyde

Hello, it looks like this to me:

i   libcec-dev                      - USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (dev
p   libcec-dev:i386                 - USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (dev
i A libcec4                         - USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (sha
p   libcec4:i386                    - USB CEC Adaptor communication Library (sha
p   libcec4-dbgsym                  - debug symbols for libcec4                 
p   libcec4-dbgsym:i386             - debug symbols for libcec4                 
p   python-libcec                   - Python bindings for USB CEC Adaptor       
p   python-libcec:i386              - Python bindings for USB CEC Adaptor       
p   python-libcec-dbgsym            - debug symbols for python-libcec           
p   python-libcec-dbgsym:i386       - debug symbols for python-libcec

mitu

@brigada You're actually missing some Boost related packages, libCEC is optional for installation and it's not a fatal error.
Take a look at the installation instructions and install all needed packages - https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation

ANDRELLVS

GOOD EVENING, CLASS!
CAN INSTALL AND SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS
FOLLOW THE FULL, TESTED, APPROVED TUTORIAL
THANK YOU ALL! GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL!!

BY SSH INSTALL THE FOLLOWING PENDINGS

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt install libcec
sudo apt-get install libvlc-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-locale-dev libfreeimage-dev libfreetype6-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libasound2-dev cmake libsdl2-dev

THEN WAY TO SSH YOU COMPILES SO:
(overclocked 1,200mhz is much better, but not required)

cd /home/pi/
git clone --recursive https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation.git
cd /home/pi/EmulationStation
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

THEN YOU REPLACE THE ORIGINALS BY COMPILIES

cd /home/pi/EmulationStation
sudo cp ./emulationstation /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/
sudo cp -r locale /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/

THEN YOU EDIT AUTOSTART

sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

write this in place of the original text (assuming your language is portuguese) :
LANG=pt_BR.UTF8 emulationstation #auto

at the terminal type:
control+x
y
enter

ERRORS AND BUGS, FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

If you do not replace the backward originals with your compiled ones, there will be errors using the shutdown, restart, reset emulationstation menus.
If you do not install the basic issues does not compile.
If you still want to test your compiles straight from them:

sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

LANG=pt_BR.UTF8 /home/pi/EmulationStation/emulationstation #auto

NOTE: The first "EmulationStation" notices a capital "s"!
OBS: O primeiro “EmulationStation” note um “s” maiúsculo!

Clyde

@ANDRELLVS Thanks for the compilation. One remark, though: apt does the same (and more) than apt-get, so you could just use apt for the update, upgrade, and install commands. Its shorter to type and has no disadvantages that I know of.

For more information, see https://itsfoss.com/apt-vs-apt-get-difference/.

As a side note, if you ever encounter packages that won't install because they would break existing dependencies, I can recommend aptitude. It does mostly the same as apt and apt-get, but also provides a text-based gui if it's invoked without further parameters, and it will suggest (often multiple) solutions for package dependency problems, like which packages to uninstall, replace, or keep.

edit: Re-phrased first paragraph a bit.

ANDRELLVS

@Clyde said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

@ANDRELLVS Thanks for the compilation. One remark, though: apt does the same (and more) than apt-get, so you could just use apt for the update, upgrade, and install commands. Its shorter to type and has no disadvantages that I know of.
For more information, see https://itsfoss.com/apt-vs-apt-get-difference/.
As a side note, if you ever encounter packages that won't install because they would break existing dependencies, I can recommend aptitude. It does mostly the same as apt and apt-get, but also provides a text-based gui if it's invoked without further parameters, and it will suggest (often multiple) solutions for package dependency problems, like which packages to uninstall, replace, or keep.
edit: Re-phrased first paragraph a bit.

OK man, thanks in advance for your tip. In any case, in this particular case it will work fine to avoid apt-get once.

grindkaiser

Hello, I'm trying to install the French translation of Flyinghead, I followed all the tutorials, but I can't find my problem.

My concern is as soon as I launch the compiled version, whether in “/ home / pi / EmulationStation” or “/ opt / retropie / supplementary / emulationstation”, I have this message:

* failed to add service - already in use?*

So I reinstalled my previous uncompiled version in "/ opt / retropie / supplementary / emulationstation" and the EmulationStation works again but it is still in English. Suddenly, I make tests by directly launching the version compiled in “/ home / pi / EmulationStation” with the commands:

LANG=fr_FR.UTF8 ./emulationstation
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
LANG=fr_FR ./emulationstation

and I still have the message:

* failed to add service - already in use?

Can you help me?

mitu

@grindkaiser Looks like you're trying to install on a PI 4 - that won't work unless you compile with support for OpenGL and you're using an up-to-date RetroPie installation.

grindkaiser

Yes, i'm on Rpi 4. I think i have an up-to-date Retropie intallation. Can you explain me how to compile with support for OpenGL?