Install failure on ODROID-XU4

Sailing_Nut

I've tried a bunch of time to install RetroPie on the ODROID-XU4 following the instructions in the online docs. I wind up having sever failures to install packages and none of my searches seem to have turned up anything that will fix the issue.

Hardware: ODROID-XU2 - 32GB eMMC
OS: Ubuntu 22.04
RetroPie Version: Latest as cloned from Github

Here are the excerpts (unable to create a paste of the full log as it's too big) of the failures from the log:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libsdl2-dev : Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (= 2.0.10+5mali) but 2.0.20+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
Could not install package(s): libusb-1.0-0-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavdevice-dev.
Update is available - updating ...

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libsdl2-dev : Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (= 2.0.10+5mali) but 2.0.20+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.04.1 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
Could not install package(s): python3-urwid python3-sdl2.
Update is available - updating ...

There are also a lot of other compile errors, here is a sampling of 2 types that repeat many times:

   80 |       const _Tp __min = std::numeric_limits<_Tp>::min();
      |                                                       ^
In file included from ../../src/typedefs.h:215,
                 from ../../src/Config.h:25,
                 from ../../src/Config.cpp:31:
../../src/IColor.h:24: note: macro "min" defined here
   24 | #define min(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))

  321 |       max() _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT { return _Tp(); }
      |       ^~~
      |          ;
In file included from /usr/include/c++/11/bits/stl_algobase.h:59,
                 from /usr/include/c++/11/vector:60,
                 from ../../src/Config.cpp:20:

BuZz

@Sailing_Nut You will have to use the older ubuntu distro for now I think. There's no-one really maintaining the ODroid compatibility (apart from me when I get the time and connect mine up).

Also there are issues with the packaged drivers conflicting with Debian packages - this is the fault of the distro.

(Or alternatively use another emulation distro for your board)

BuZz

The output from compilation you posted looks like a warning not an error btw. Please post me a link to the Ubuntu image you used and I will take a look. But I would try the 20.04 minimal image as a base if you want to use RetroPie.

Sailing_Nut

@BuZz Thanks for the reply! I will see if I can dig up a 20.04 distro.

I got the latest minimal image from here: ODROID Downloads

NIGHTKILLER05

@Sailing_Nut Hi, there is a retropie similar project, called "Ares" (formerly known as "The RetroArena") you can find their page if you search in google "tech toy tinker ares", I don't know if it is allowed to post thepage's link.

Sailing_Nut

@BuZz said in Install failure on ODROID-XU4:

@Sailing_Nut You will have to use the older ubuntu distro for now I think. There's no-one really maintaining the ODroid compatibility (apart from me when I get the time and connect mine up).

Also there are issues with the packaged drivers conflicting with Debian packages - this is the fault of the distro.

(Or alternatively use another emulation distro for your board)

I found the 20.04 image and got RetroPie installed. Still working to see if I can get a game to run.