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    • muldjordM
      muldjord @AlCzervik
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      @AlCzervik Also when adding --refresh? Otherwise it will just read it from the cache instead of connecting to the service.

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        AlCzervik @muldjord
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        @muldjord Yep. Just tried it with refresh. One thing to note, I've been running this via the RetroPie_setup.sh menu, not the command line. Should I try the command line too?

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        • muldjordM
          muldjord @AlCzervik
          last edited by muldjord

          @AlCzervik Well, it shouldn't make a difference. Although from command-line it would be easier to ensure it does exactly what we want it to do. But frankly, I don't think it will change anything.

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            AlCzervik @muldjord
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            @muldjord What directory do I run it from?

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              muldjord @AlCzervik
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              @AlCzervik Just run sudo ln -s /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper /usr/local/bin/Skyscraper. Then you can run it with simply Skyscraper -p genesis -s screenscraper --refresh

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                AlCzervik @muldjord
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                @muldjord OK now it’s getting weird, I ran that command and I still can’t run skyscraper from the command line. When I run the command again it says that it failed to create a symbolic link because the file exists

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                  muldjord @AlCzervik
                  last edited by muldjord

                  @AlCzervik That's because it did create it, but it's broken (the link, not Skyscraper)... That's weird. I was positive that was the location it was installed at.

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                  • muldjordM
                    muldjord @AlCzervik
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                    @AlCzervik Can you do ll /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper?

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                      AlCzervik @muldjord
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                      @muldjord Command not found. I cd folder by folder and there it is but I still can’t run the command line from that folder

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                      • muldjordM
                        muldjord @AlCzervik
                        last edited by muldjord

                        @AlCzervik Then please make sure you didn't misspell anything in the ln command. It should absolutely work if it's linked to /usr/local/bin/Skyscraper correctly.

                        EDIT: So you see the link in /usr/local/bin? And it's not red?

                        EDIT2: Try ls -lh /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper. That will tell you if the file exists where I think retropie installed it.

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                          AlCzervik @muldjord
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                          @muldjord No, what I'm saying is I navigated directly to /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/ and I still couldn't run Skyscraper from within that directory. Sorry, just seeing your other edits.

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                            muldjord @AlCzervik
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                            @AlCzervik Ah, that's normal. If you want to run a local file you have to to ./Skyscraper -p genesis -s screenscraper --refresh when within the folder. The . means "this folder". Otherwise it will try and run it from either /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @AlCzervik
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                              @AlCzervik Since the /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper is not in your $PATH, you can either running by calling the full path

                              /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper
                              

                              or, if you changed directory to the installation folder:

                              cd /opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/
                              ./Skyscraper
                              

                              Note that Linux commands are case-sensitive, so skyscraper is not the same as Skyscraper.

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                              • muldjordM
                                muldjord @mitu
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                                @mitu Yeah, but the ln command should work, which apparently it didn't.

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @muldjord
                                  last edited by mitu

                                  @muldjord Not quite:

                                  When I run the command again it says that it failed to create a symbolic link because the file exists

                                  The link was created, I bet the casing is wrong.

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                                    muldjord @mitu
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                                    @mitu Could be yeah

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                                      AlCzervik @muldjord
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                                      @muldjord Okay, sorry. Very rusty at command line. Shame on me. I ran 'nes' command line from the installation folder, it ran, but found nothing for every one of my nes games. Tried it again for Genesis, nothing found.

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                                        muldjord @AlCzervik
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                                        @AlCzervik Nothing found, or "Retrying request..."?

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                                          AlCzervik @muldjord
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                                          @muldjord Nothing found. I'll double check on the retrying request.

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                                            muldjord @AlCzervik
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                                            @AlCzervik Can you do a screenshot? Including the command-line you typed to run it.

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