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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
      last edited by

      @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.

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      • ClydeC
        Clyde @mitu
        last edited by 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:

        • https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-a-remote-for-a-fork
        • https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/syncing-a-fork
        • https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/pushing-commits-to-a-remote-repository
        • http://openmetric.org/til/programming/git-pull-with-submodule/

        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.

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        • ClydeC
          Clyde
          last edited by 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?

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            brigada
            last edited by

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

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            • heloisaH
              heloisa @brigada
              last edited by

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

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                brigada @heloisa
                last edited by

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

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                • heloisaH
                  heloisa @brigada
                  last edited by

                  @brigada Sorry. I don't know.

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                  • ClydeC
                    Clyde @brigada
                    last edited by

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

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                      brigada @Clyde
                      last edited by 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".
                      
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                      • ClydeC
                        Clyde @brigada
                        last edited by 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
                        
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                          brigada @Clyde
                          last edited by

                          @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 
                          
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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator @brigada
                            last edited by 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

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                            • ANDRELLVSA
                              ANDRELLVS
                              last edited by ANDRELLVS

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

                              alt text

                              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

                              1. If you do not replace the backward originals with your compiled ones, there will be errors using the shutdown, restart, reset emulationstation menus.
                              2. If you do not install the basic issues does not compile.
                              3. 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!

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                              • ClydeC
                                Clyde @ANDRELLVS
                                last edited by 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.

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                                • ANDRELLVSA
                                  ANDRELLVS @Clyde
                                  last edited by

                                  @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.

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                                    grindkaiser
                                    last edited by

                                    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?

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @grindkaiser
                                      last edited by

                                      @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.

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                                        grindkaiser
                                        last edited by

                                        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?

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @grindkaiser
                                          last edited by

                                          @grindkaiser You need to add -DGL=On to the cmake command used to build EmulationStation, see here.

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                                            grindkaiser
                                            last edited by

                                            I'll try it. Thanks.

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