Trying to install Retropie for the first time

[KevinSheedy]

@mitu Nope, just the red light

[mitu]

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.

[KevinSheedy]

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

[mitu]

@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>

[KevinSheedy]

@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?

[mitu]

@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 ?

[KevinSheedy]

@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.

[mitu]

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

[KevinSheedy]

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

[mitu]

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

What size is the file ?

[KevinSheedy]

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

[mitu]

@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.

[KevinSheedy]

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

[mitu]

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

[KevinSheedy]

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