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    How can I add a game to Emulationstation?

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      TCM @mitu
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      @mitu I think 4.8 (on Raspberry Pi 4). How can I check to be sure?

      P.S. If I write ''sudo apt install'' it says ''0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 84 not upgraded''. Should I upgrade anything?

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        mitu Global Moderator @TCM
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        @TCM said in How can I add a game to Emulationstation?:

        I think 4.8 (on Raspberry Pi 4). How can I check to be sure?

        The version is shown in the RetroPie-Setup starting screen - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/.

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          TCM @mitu
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          @mitu 4.8.2 64 Raspbian OS/linux buster

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            mitu Global Moderator @TCM
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            @TCM Did you update the flatpak package list after adding the Flathub repo and before trying to install the package ?

            flatpak update
            

            EDIT: just to check - your RaspiOS installation is 64bit or 32bit ?

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              TCM @mitu
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              @mitu i'm pretty sure it is 64 bit

              edit: aarch64

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                mitu Global Moderator @TCM
                last edited by mitu

                @TCM This is another difference between the 2 installations - looking at forum posts on the Flathub repo, 32 bit ARM packages are no longer published, so that's why the package cannot be installed on RetroPie's image, since it's 32 bit ARM, while your Raspi OS (Desktop) installation is 64 bit.

                Ref:

                • https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/freedesktop-sdk/-/issues/1105
                • https://discourse.flathub.org/t/flashprint-on-raspbian-arm-master-not-installed/1406/4
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                  TCM @mitu
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                  @mitu Since it is (from what I've seen) 64bit, I don't have that problem, right?

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                    mitu Global Moderator @TCM
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                    @TCM RetroPie image is 32 bit, there was no 64bit official RaspiOS Buster available when 4.8 was released.

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                      TCM @mitu
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                      @mitu Oh that sux. So I can only play the game from Raspbian/Raspberry OS and not through Retropie OS?

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                        mitu Global Moderator @TCM
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                        @TCM said in How can I add a game to Emulationstation?:

                        So I can only play the game from Raspbian/Raspberry OS and not through Retropie OS?

                        Using flatpak, yes. But since flatpak is just a runtime container, the game doesn't depend on it and there should be a method to install it natively on RaspiOS without the need for flatpak.

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