Attempt to install Retropie onto Lubuntu 16.04 ARM fails at libsdl2 (no such file)

Brizio

Hi everyone,

I am fiddling with Lubuntu ARM on my Raspberry Pi 2 and I would like to install Retropie through the setup script bit at
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup
but the script does not work:

It does not propose a choice between Binary and Software but only Basic Install and other options that seem to make sense only after the basic install.
The Basic install fails with an error about libsdl2 (no such file).

How can I install Retropie on Ubuntu ARM?

BuZz

@Brizio Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Cannot advise without the error message etc. Logs are in RetroPie-Setup/logs - post a full build/install log on a pastebin site please.

Note that you are recommended to use RetroPie on Raspbian for the RPI (as it's the main OS and all development/testing for RPI happens on Raspbian).

There are no binaries provided for RPI on Ubuntu.

BuZz

I have just tested in a chroot, and can see the problem. Probably broke due to last os support refactoring. Will sort (still recommend Raspbian though).

BuZz

Please update retropie-setup and try again.