RP5 can't reinstall RetroArch

Comrade_Friendly

Hi,

I'm trying to reinstall RetroArch on RP5 but the process errors out during the install. I've updated the RetroPie setup script today, but it won't let me proceed with the RetroArch install.

Here's a copy of the build log:

https://pastebin.com/MzGCcc27

I've trried googling but haven't found anything I can understand. Can anyone help?

Thanks.

windg

@Comrade_Friendly

Try to run from the terminal

sudo ./configure again

Comrade_Friendly

@windg Thanks. That helped, although it's got stuck later on.

I tried to build it (which resulted in the error), then navigated to:

cd ./tmp/build/retroarch

And ran:

sudo ./configure

It then got further but errored out later in the build:

https://pastebin.com/uLhrwhTe

I presume at this line:

gfx/drivers_context/vc_egl_ctx.c:24:10: fatal error: VG/openvg.h: No such file or directory
   24 | #include <VG/openvg.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

windg

Are you using Bookworm Lite or Desktop?

Also, try to update your system if you haven't.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Comrade_Friendly

@windg Hi, it's just the Bookworm Lite version:

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

I've ran:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Then repeated the steps in my last post. It still aborts. Here's the new log (I think it's failing at the same point).

https://pastebin.com/sZq7Q30m

windg

I will try to reinstall mine to check, just in case that something changed upstream and create issue.

Comrade_Friendly

@windg said in RP5 can't reinstall RetroArch:

I will try to reinstall mine to check, just in case that something changed upstream and create issue.

Thank you - will check back in a bit later : )

windg

i did a fresh install, all core packages installed without issues. I followed the official RetroPie guide.

The only thing that i did and don't exist in the guide is to add to the end of the config.txt file, this line:

kernel=kernel8.img

Comrade_Friendly

@windg Thanks for checking. I wanted to avoid installing everything again, although if I can't figure this out, I might have to consider it.

Comrade_Friendly

@windg Hi again.

I took your advice and uninstalled RetroPie completely, then reinstalled everything again.

Everything works as intended, and now I can also play N64 games (mupen64plus-next wouldn't load previously).

Thanks for helping.