Retropie setup script update fails --

[doctordruidphd]

Raspberry Pi 4b 8gb
Ubuntu 22.04
Installed from git repository
retropie version 4.8.1

System works fine, but I cannot update the setup script. Running sudo ./retropie_setup.sh, choose update retropie setup script. It runs for a while, then kicks out an error:
Update failed!
error: RPC failed, curl 18 transfer closed with
outstanding read data remaining
error: 7505 bytes of body are still expected
fetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband
packet
fatal: early EOF
fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output.

From searching around, I gather this is a git error due to a slower than expected internet connection, but there is nothing I can do about the connection speed. I have tried several remedies , none have worked., including:

git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1

git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000
git config --global http.lowSpeedLimit 0
git config --global http.lowSpeedTime 999999

Any ideas how to proceed? I tried cloning a new copy of the installation, but got basically the same message.

[mitu]

Do note we only support RaspiOS for RPI platforms - Ubuntu is not supported and the setup script always assumes RaspiOS is present.
Try disabling compression for git and see if that solves the cloning.

[doctordruidphd]

OK, thanks for the info. I am also trying to install retropie on a fresh "lite" raspian so as to be able to run it on a Pi5, but I am getting the same git fatal errors trying to download the setup, so it's clearly a git problem. Same problem trying to download the current retroarch. Strange thing is that my internet speed is actually a little faster than it was when I originally did the downloads a couple of years ago, so git must have made some changes. I did try disabling git compression, to no avail. Just wondering if anyone else had run into this.

[mitu]

@doctordruidphd said in Retropie setup script update fails --:

Just wondering if anyone else had run into this.

Yes, I did. The solution at the time was to disable git compression, hence my reply.