Versatile C++ game scraper: Skyscraper

muldjord

@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

AlCzervik

@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

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.

muldjord

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

AlCzervik

@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

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.

AlCzervik

@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.

muldjord

@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.

mitu

@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.

muldjord

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

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.

muldjord

@mitu Could be yeah

AlCzervik

@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.

muldjord

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

AlCzervik

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

muldjord

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

AlCzervik

@muldjord Will do. Give me a minute. And seriously, thanks again for your help

AlCzervik

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AlCzervik

@muldjord Here you go:

muldjord

@AlCzervik Not for thegamesdb. We know that works. We're only interested in screenscraper.

EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it. TheGamesDb doesn't work, which it should.