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    Unable to access Retropie setup from terminal

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    • saccublendaS
      saccublenda @McJones9631
      last edited by

      You are supposed to type

      sudo sh ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
      
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      • IanDaemonI
        IanDaemon
        last edited by IanDaemon

        Did you try to go to the directories? Navigate through the directory structure with CD (change directory) and use ls to see the contents of each folder. Personally I use ls -l to see things in a list format. The directory may in fact NOT be there. So you probably missed a step in the instructions or the RetroPie install isn't complete. What hardware are you using? What...anything...are you using?

        ( @saccublenda I don't type sh before the path. Maybe that's version dependent. )

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        • saccublendaS
          saccublenda @IanDaemon
          last edited by

          @IanDaemon said in [Unable to access Retropie setup from terminal]

          (@saccublenda I don't type sh before the path. Maybe that's version dependent.)

          You are right, it should work also without the sh. Probably the file retropie_setup.sh is not where it is supposed to be.

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          • IanDaemonI
            IanDaemon @saccublenda
            last edited by IanDaemon

            @saccublenda If sh files aren't registered as shell scripts in their system then problems exist that are beyond my Linux knowledge.

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @saccublenda
              last edited by BuZz

              @saccublenda that's incorrect. The sh shouldn't be included. That is likely to cause issues. (RetroPie uses bash, not sh, which could be dash or another shell).

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @McJones9631
                last edited by

                @McJones9631 you typed RetroPie_Setup instead of RetroPie-Setup

                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                • IanDaemonI
                  IanDaemon @BuZz
                  last edited by IanDaemon

                  @BuZz I often get confused that it's MixedCase-Hyphen and then lowercase_underscore.

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                  • saccublendaS
                    saccublenda @BuZz
                    last edited by

                    @BuZz I usually run retropie_setup.sh with the sh, that in Debian is dash.

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                    • M
                      McJones9631
                      last edited by

                      Okay, so I've tested just about everything you all have said here, and I'm still getting errors, as seen here. Thank you all again for your help!

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                      • saccublendaS
                        saccublenda @McJones9631
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                        • saccublendaS
                          saccublenda @McJones9631
                          last edited by saccublenda

                          @McJones9631 Why don’t you just go in RetroPie-Setup and see with ls If the file is there? Also you are typing Retropie-Setup instead of RetroPie-Setup.

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators @saccublenda
                            last edited by BuZz

                            @saccublenda Well. That's wrong. I suggest you don't. It only works because that script launches others via bash. If bash specific code was added to the retropie_setup.sh script you will have issues.

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            • saccublendaS
                              saccublenda @BuZz
                              last edited by

                              @BuZz Good to know, thanks.

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