Skyscraper stuck on version 3.7.7 for Raspberry pi 5. [solved]

Scraperdude

Here's the error I get when trying to use Skyscraper:

mitu

@Scraperdude There's something fishy here, this should print the version of Skyscraper, something like:

 cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh skyscraper _get_ver

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Running action '_get_ver' for 'skyscraper' : Scraper for EmulationStation
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

3.14.0

What's the output of the command:

/opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper  --version

Scraperdude

@mitu said in Skyscraper stuck on version 3.7.7 for Raspberry pi 5.:

/opt/retropie/supplementary/skyscraper/Skyscraper --version

Scraperdude

@mitu I installed Raspberry pi OS LITE (64-BIT) rather than Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) as that was advised to make Skyscraper work on the Pi 5. Might that be an issue?

mitu

@Scraperdude No, that's not an issue - who advised you to not install the Lite version ?

Your error is very strange, I don't understand why Skyscraper tries to copy some configuration files, since CACHE.md is definitely not a configuration file and it's definitely not needed for it to run.

@Lolonois any idea what happens here ? I can't reproduce this error with a fresh 3.14 installation, even if I remove my previous user configs.

mitu

@Scraperdude you can try and completely remove Skyscraper and install a clean version. Run the following commands:

rm -fr $HOME/.skyscraper
rm -fr /opt/retropie/configs/all/skyscraper

and then re-install Skyscraper from RetroPie-Setup.

Scraperdude

I got this message after removing it.

@mitu

Scraperdude

Unfortunately the issue persists.

@mitu said in Skyscraper stuck on version 3.7.7 for Raspberry pi 5.:

rm -fr $HOME/.skyscraper
rm -fr /opt/retropie/configs/all/skyscraper

Lolonois

Things de-rail when there is a /usr/local/etc/skyscraper/ path present on a RetroPie installation, while it should not be there, unless Skyscraper was installed manually.

https://github.com/Gemba/skyscraper/blob/065d39fc5b3397a008fef6d70e71559ee9afed2e/src/config.cpp#L158-L163

I will make this section more robust soon, but for now move or remove the skyscraper folder from /usr/local/etc.

Then you should get proper Skyscraper -h and Skyscraper --version output.

Scraperdude

@Lolonois It won't let me move the Skyscraper folder.

It says permission is denied.

EDIT: I managed to move it through the cmd line.

Skyscraper is now working. Moving the folder did the trick.

Thank you both @mitu and @Lolonois for your help!

Lolonois

@Scraperdude cool. One more thing: Please edit the subject of the very first post of this thread and add [solved] or similar. Thanks & happy scraping!

Scraperdude

@Lolonois I now have an issue where it's scraping some systems and not others, and when I scrape individual systems, some of the scraped systems are undone.

Could this be because I moved the cache folder?