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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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                    grindkaiser
                    last edited by

                    It works. You are the best @mitu

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                      AureyoBoss
                      last edited by

                      Hello,
                      How to get the last version, because the version of ES on https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation is an old version (2.8).
                      Why not add the localization (translation) directly to https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation ?

                      Thanks.
                      Bye.

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                      • pablokk4P
                        pablokk4 @hiulit
                        last edited by

                        I am trying

                        cd /home/pi/EmulationStation
                        LANG=es_ES.UTF8 ./emulationstation
                        but it does´t work. The system hangd, not responding
                        I do it through Putty

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                          chwo
                          last edited by

                          can any help?

                          pi@retropie:~/EmulationStation $ LANG=de_DE ./emulationstation
                          terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::locale::conv::invalid_charset_error'
                            what():  Invalid or unsupported charset:UTF-8 or CHARSET
                          
                          
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                          • ClydeC
                            Clyde @chwo
                            last edited by

                            @chwo I ran into the same problem last November, but alas, got no answers about it.

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                            • pablokk4P
                              pablokk4 @pablokk4
                              last edited by

                              @pablokk4 .....It works
                              Now I have to fix that it doesn't go to the console if I want to restart or turn off emulation station

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                              • pablokk4P
                                pablokk4 @chwo
                                last edited by

                                @chwo said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

                                LANG=de_DE ./emulationstation

                                try: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 ./emulationstation

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                                • ClydeC
                                  Clyde @pablokk4
                                  last edited by

                                  @pablokk4 At least it didn't work for me. 😐 See my post that I linked to in my last post for the error message.

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                                  • pablokk4P
                                    pablokk4 @Clyde
                                    last edited by

                                    @Clyde
                                    I see your post, but I am a beginner. and I can´t help you, sory.

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                                    • pablokk4P
                                      pablokk4 @hiulit
                                      last edited by

                                      @hiulit. I have a question. I have Es in spanish. Yesterday, I have updated EmulationStation V2.8dev and now it appears in English again. ES 2.10dev. I don´t understand. Thanks

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                                        kactius @pablokk4
                                        last edited by kactius

                                        @pablokk4 It is very easy to understand when you updating the binary is replaced

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                                        • hiulitH
                                          hiulit @pablokk4
                                          last edited by

                                          @pablokk4 I don't think you can update ES if you want to keep the using the translations. That's something that has been discussed here. There are some changes in newer versions of the main ES that don't match with this fork. Sorry, you should go back to the older version if you want to keep using the Spanish translations.

                                          My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                                          • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
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                                          • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                                            markpreva
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello! Thank you! It works perfect, I translated into Spanish :)

                                            But I have a little problem ... EmulationStation doesn't show me the loading screen at startup after installing the translated version of this forum.

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                                            How can I activate it?

                                            I run my roms from external hard drive and I have 2 minutes black screen when loading ES

                                            I try to activate from cmdline.txt, es_config and autostart.sh but it still doesn't appear :(

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