RPI 5 Install Failed

[MrPrecise]

Hey I was trying to install the RetroPi on my Rasberry Pi 5

From my googling I got told that I should use this guide:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/

I followed the instructions, opened up the installation script with sudo and then did a basic install
However I saw a lot of errors going on during the indtall and it ended up looking

Then the installation finished

Could not successfully build lr-mupen64plus - N64 emu - Mupen64PLus + GLideN64 for libretro
(/home/precise/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-mupen64plus/mupen64p lus_ Libretro. so not found)

I got that messagw, not sure if more failed, it said it stored a log which also was corrupted so I couldn’t read it.

Hence I am here now, anyone know what this is all about?

[mitu]

@MrPrecise said in RPI 5 Install Failed:

I got that messagw, not sure if more failed, it said it stored a log which also was corrupted so I couldn’t read it.

It's not corrupted, it's probably compressed if it ends in .gz . Unpack it with gunzip and you can take a look at it.

Hence I am here now, anyone know what this is all about?

Pi5 support is still not finished so some things may not work. Regardless, lr-mupen64plus is an old version which is superceeded by lr-mupen64plus-next so you can use the latter for N64 games.

EDIT: also the lr-mupen64plus is not available for 64bit OSes - are you using the 64bit RaspiOS to install on Pi5 ? If not, I'd recommend you do so since this is the OS recommended for the Pi5.

[MrPrecise]

@mitu

Yes I am on 64bit, I will try lr-mupen64plus-next then!
Thank you!

[mitu]

@MrPrecise said in RPI 5 Install Failed:

Yes I am on 64bit,

Are you sure ? I don't see how lr-mupen64plus would be installable if you didn't select a 32bit OS. Note that on a Pi5 the kernel is always 64 bit while the userspace can still be 32bit, in which case your OS is recognized as 32bit.

[MrPrecise]

@mitu

Hey sorry for the long delay, yes it is 64bit

I didn’t have time to look at it for a long time and got back to it, a reboot later and reinstall of retropie yealed me no errors and seem like it installed fine

So no idea why it threw a fit the first time, anyway I love it! Very happy I came across RetroPi!