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Trying to install Retropie for the first time

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    KevinSheedy
    last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 19:47

    Hi,
    Apologies as I suspect this is a trivial ask but it's driving me mad.
    I'm trying to install Retropie but it just isn't working.
    I'm using the image from the Retropie website (retropie-4.5.1-rpi2_rpi3.img), on a 32GB SD card from a CanaKit Pi 3B+.
    I format the card, I use Pi Imager to add the image and I get a black screen when I put the SD in.
    It's not the system itself as I can add and remove Raspian and Berryboot also worked.
    Is there something obvious I'm missing here?
    Many thanks.

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      mitu Global Moderator
      last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 19:58

      Did you unpack/unzipped the image before writing it ?

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        KevinSheedy @mitu
        last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:02

        @mitu I did not. It was an .img file rather than .gz which I loaded.

        I read this and spent a while trying to unpack it and even used Etcher as I thought this then didn't require unpacking?

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          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:05

          Etcher should be able to write it even if it's zipped. Is the green led blinking/on after you've put the SD card and plugged in the power ?

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            KevinSheedy @mitu
            last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:06

            @mitu Nope, just the red light

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              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:12

              Then it probably means the image is not written correctly (explained at https://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Red_power_LED_is_on.2C_green_LED_does_not_flash.2C_nothing_on_display).

              Try to re-download the image from retropie.org.uk/download and verify it has been downloaded correctly. There's a checksum next to the image, you can use 7Zip to verify the checksum.

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                KevinSheedy @mitu
                last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:21

                @mitu Thanks, I'm using a mac tho, is 7Zip windows only?

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                  mitu Global Moderator @KevinSheedy
                  last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:23

                  @KevinSheedy On macOS, you have the native md5 checksum utility, which you can run from the terminal:

                  md5 <path/to/retropie-4.5.1-rpi2_rpi3.img.gz>
                  
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                    KevinSheedy @mitu
                    last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:32

                    @mitu said in Trying to install Retropie for the first time:

                    md5 <path/to/retropie-4.5.1-rpi2_rpi3.img.gz>

                    Right, it's not downloading properly to my mac, how do I fix this?

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                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:46

                      @KevinSheedy said in Trying to install Retropie for the first time:

                      Right, it's not downloading properly to my mac, how do I fix this?

                      What do you mean by that ? You get an error trying to download it or why is not downloading properly ?

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                        KevinSheedy @mitu
                        last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 20:47

                        @mitu I may have misunderstood but I get two different checksum results so I'm assuming the file I have downloaded is not what I should have. It wasn't a .gz tho, it's an .img file.

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                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:04

                          How did you download the file ? Using a browser or other program ?

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                            KevinSheedy @mitu
                            last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:05

                            @mitu I clicked on it in Safari, then dragged in into a folder from downloads

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                              mitu Global Moderator
                              last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:10

                              Strange, if I download from Safari, I get prompted to save an .img.gz file

                              42587cdc-7cab-4d2e-a54a-dc63471caa7e-image.png

                              What size is the file ?

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                                KevinSheedy @mitu
                                last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:12

                                @mitu Ah, I was just clicking on the button rather than right clicking..... let me try that instead

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @KevinSheedy
                                  last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:17

                                  @KevinSheedy said in Trying to install Retropie for the first time:

                                  Ah, I was just clicking on the button rather than right clicking.

                                  That's exactly what I did.

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                                    KevinSheedy @mitu
                                    last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:18

                                    @mitu That's very odd..... I'm trying with the .gz file in etcher now

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                                      mitu Global Moderator
                                      last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:24

                                      On macOS, I use Apple Pi Baker to write images on the sdcard.

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                                        KevinSheedy @mitu
                                        last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 21:28

                                        @mitu Thank you for all your help, it seems to be working now!

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