how to install core and emulator with a script ?

[mitu]

If you wish to use the cli to call the script, then the syntax is

sudo ./retropie_packages <scriptmodule> <function>

where <function> can be one of the: sources, build, install, remove, configure, depends (may be more, but these are the main ones). These are defined in the scriptmodule as source_<module>, build_<module>, etc.
To install lr-fceumm, you'd call

sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm depends
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm sources
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm build
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm install
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm configure

If you omit the <function> parameter, running sudo ./retropie_packages <module> will run depends, build, install and configure automatically.

[wsamael]

Yyyyyyeeeeeessssss it's work great, I've install two of them with a script for test and it's ok. Thanks U so much :)

[wsamael]

i' made all my script for install every core and emulators what i want, everything works great ( tahnks again :) ) but I wanna konw if it's possible to install them by binari, beacuse with this method

sudo ./retropie_packages XXX depends
sudo ./retropie_packages XXX sources
sudo ./retropie_packages XXX build
sudo ./retropie_packages XXX install
sudo ./retropie_packages XXX configure

it's ok but very long to add them by source.

[mitu]

Binary install means downloading it from the RetroPie server. If you added your own (new) scripts, there's nothing to download and install. Binary installation can be run via the install_bin parameter.

[wsamael]

@mitu

That's all ? ^^ Thank you :) I'll do that asap :)

[wsamael]

sorry it's me again ;)

i wanna complete all script and test it but i've a problem with path files for install packages

if I install via the ES menu

sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

the packages are install to /home/pi/Retropie/roms/ XXX
and If a Install via my script
for exemple:

sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh cannonball install_bin

the packages are install in
/opt/retropie/ emulators,
/opt/retropielibretrocores
and /opt/retropie/ports

so i some package in /home pi ..../ roms, some in opt/retropîe/ XXX

any idea for install all packages in /home/pi/Retropie/roms with a script ? Because it's not easy to manage many roms folders in my es_system.cfg .

[mitu]

Packages (emulators/ports/etc.) are not installed in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms - which is used for ROMs and games. The default installation location is under /opt/retropie.

[wsamael]

Yes you're right ( but you know that XD ) but thé package install don't create roms folder in/home/pi... or of I install package buy es the roms folder has been create , how can i do for do the same install?

Where i launch my script nothing is create in /home../roms folder

[mitu]

@wsamael Sorry, I don't fully understand what it's not working. If you created your own install script and it doesn't work, then the script might be incomplete/incorrect.

[Thorr69]

I think he means that the roms directory isn't being created for the system he is installing. If you install experimental systems through the experimental packages, the rom directory for that system is created as well.

I think you are right the script is incomplete. He probably needs to add something at the end to create the rom directory.

[wsamael]

@mitu said in how to install core and emulator with a script ?:

@wsamael Sorry, I don't fully understand what it's not working. If you created your own install script and it doesn't work, then the script might be incomplete/incorrect.

I try to explain what i wanna

If i install a package via ES menu, that install the core and create a roms folder in home/pi/ RetroPie/roms/xxx

And the script install the core but don't create rom folder

And for port package that does'nt create port folder in home/pi...

[mitu]

Can you please be more specific ? Is this one of the packages included in RetroPie or something you created ? How do you - manually - run the package commands ?

[wsamael]

@Thorr69
Probably, but I don't know how to add command Line to create roms folder especially for port package like openbor

[wsamael]

@mitu said in how to install core and emulator with a script ?:

Can you please be more specific ? Is this one of the packages included in RetroPie or something you created ? How do you - manually - run the package commands ?

One of the package incluse in RetroPie,
I launch the install via Retropie_packages.sh mame2010 install_bin ( for example )

Mame has been installed but no rom folder in /home/pi ( Like the other package )

[mitu]

From one of the previous posts:

To install lr-fceumm, you'd call

sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm depends
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm sources
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm build
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm install
sudo ./retropie_packages lr-fceumm configure

The rom folder is created as part of the last step - by the scriptmodule configure function. If you just run install_bin, that won't happen.

[wsamael]

ok that clear :) thank U :)
can I ask you one more think about this ? :)

i wanna install openbor (not official version ) but it don't install by my script.

i donwload the .sh in

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/OpenBOR-63xx-RetroPie-openbeta/master/scriptmodules/openbor-6xxx-RPi3/openbor-v6510-RPi3.sh -O- | tr -d '\r' > /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/ports/openbor-6xxx-4rpi3.sh

i Launch it with

sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh openbor-6xxx-4rpi3 depends
sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh openbor-6xxx-4rpi3 sources
sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh openbor-6xxx-4rpi3 build
sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh openbor-6xxx-4rpi3 install
sudo bash ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh openbor-6xxx-4rpi3 configure

and the pi tell me
" No module 'openbor-6xxx-4rpi3' found for platform rpi3 "

( i try to launch install_bin but it's not a binary version so it's not working but it's logic ;) )

but if I launch by ES menu, the script is ok ,that working

I'm sure is the same .sh, I try to delete it and it's disappear and if I donwload it again it come back to the ES list

the command seem to be correct but i don't understand why my script dont' launch it

( it's not the most important but i wanna understand ;) )

[mitu]

@wsamael said in how to install core and emulator with a script ?:

" No module 'openbor-6xxx-4rpi3' found for platform rpi3 "

Because the scriptmodule is not named openbor-6xxx-4rpi3. If you look at the file, the name is openbor-v6510-RPi3:

rp_module_id="openbor-v6510-RPi3"
rp_module_desc="OpenBOR - Beat 'em Up Game Engine v6510-dev (official!)"
rp_module_help="Place your pak files in $romdir/ports/openbor and then run $romdir/ports/OpenBOR.sh from ports section."
rp_module_licence="BSD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/OpenBOR-Raspberry/master/LICENSE"
rp_module_section="exp"
rp_module_flags="!mali !x11 !kms"

...

[wsamael]

ok it's mean more logic, but i saw openbor-6xxx-4rpi3.sh in scriptmodules. So I would launch it ( like a stupid noob who I am ^^ ).