EmulationStation Update broken? Line 21: No such file or directory

[timothee]

Hi there!

I'm setting up a new retropie system for a friend today, on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B with a 64GB sandisk card, and latest image for retropie 4.2. I've installed retropie many it times in the past, but today I'm hitting a snag with 4.2 specifically.

I followed the usual steps to get my card ready. I can boot the first time and configure my controller. Then, before I set up any game or emulator, I went to "Retropie-Setup > Update all installed packages", and reboot. Here's what I see after the splash screen:

/usr/bin/emulationstation: line 21: /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh No such file or directory

The only emulationstation.sh file I can find is under scripts/configscripts, but it's not even executable, so I don't think that's the launcher.

The pi connects to Internet fine, over cable, not wifi. The behaviour above is reproducible 100%. I did it at least 5 times before posting this message. Initially I didother things before reboot, like update raspi-config, or changing the locale, and I wanted to be sure these were not factors, so I did plenty of fresh installs. Clearly, one of the steps of "Update all installed packages" is messing up the system :/

I suppose I could forego the update altogether for now, but I'm not seeing this friend very often (every 2 years), so I'd like to give him the most up-to-update version possible.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Tim.

PS: I haven't tried to run the update on my other working pis because I don't want to mess them up :/

[kdrangej]

Same setup, same problem.

[A Former User]

Hmm...
Maybe you could SSH into the raspberry pi, and make the file in the directory.
I dunno, just an idea.

[meleu]

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[meleu]

@timothee Can you paste the output of this command:

ls -lah /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation

[timothee]

Thanks for following up guys.

I knew just making an empty file wouldn't solve the problem, that file is clearly meant to be a launcher file.

K, So some new info, I tried again on another card (16GB this time), but instead of "Upgrade All", I did only "core package > emulationstation > update from binary" and same problem happened. So I'd reckon the latest published emulationstation package is indeed bad. That or the file /usr/bin/emulationstation needs to be updated too.

@meleu The dir is empty save for the directory scripts:

pi@retropie:~ $ ls -lah /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K May 28 00:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4.0K May 28 00:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K May 28 00:25 scripts
pi@retropie:~ $ 

Here is a bit more context:

pi@retropie:/opt/retropie/supplementary $ find . | grep -v .git
.
./bashwelcometweak
./xpad
./xpad/README.md
./xpad/Makefile
./xpad/retropie.diff
./xpad/xpad.c
./xpad/retropie.diff.applied
./xpad/xpad.c.orig
./xpad/dkms.conf
./xpad/stress_urb_out.sh
./usbromservice
./retropiemenu
./sdl1
./sdl2
./emulationstation
./emulationstation/scripts
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/pifba.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/mupen64plus.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/retroarch.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/pisnes.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/emulationstation.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/reicast.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/daphne.sh
./emulationstation/scripts/retropie.svg
./emulationstation/scripts/inputconfiguration.sh
./splashscreen
./splashscreen/README.md
./splashscreen/retropie-default-4x3.png
./splashscreen/retropie-2015-carbon-video.mp4
./splashscreen/retropie-2015-carbon-video-4x3.mp4
./splashscreen/retropie-2015.png
./splashscreen/retropie-default.png
./splashscreen/retropie-2013.png
./splashscreen/retropie-default-16x10.png
./splashscreen/LICENSE
./splashscreen/retropie-2014.png
./splashscreen/retropie-2015-4x3.png
./runcommand
./runcommand/joy2key.py
./runcommand/runcommand.sh
pi@retropie:/opt/retropie/supplementary $ 

I also did a search on the entire root fs:

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo find / -iname \*emulationstation\*
/home/pi/.emulationstation
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation.sh
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation/configscripts/emulationstation.sh
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/emulationstation-kids.sh
/etc/emulationstation
/usr/bin/emulationstation
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/scripts/configscripts/emulationstation.sh
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

What else shall I check?

Thanks!

[meleu]

@timothee your emulationstation is clearly not installed.

Run retropie_setup again and go to Manage Packages >> core >> emulationstation and install it. See if it'll give some error message.

[TMNTturtlguy]

@meleu I want to weigh in on this. @meleu these posts are accurate. Last week I tried to make a new build from a fresh install. I got the same error twice. The install worked after initial install to the SD card. ES was installed. I tried to update all packages and got the same error. I decided to say forget it and just reinstalled one of my other builds and started modifying it. I know my way around these builds enough, so it is not user error, I was hoping the error was just that the bianary was getting updated at the time, so I didn't post about it. Hind sight 20/20 I should have alerted everyone.

[meleu]

@TMNTturtlguy what does the log say? (they are at ~/RetroPie-Setup/logs/)

[TMNTturtlguy]

@meleu I am away for the weekend without my pi! Sorry but I can't check.

[timothee]

@meleu

Log started at: Sun 28 May 00:25:28 UTC 2017

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Installing dependencies for 'emulationstation' : EmulationStation - Frontend used by RetroPie for launching emulators
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =


= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Installing 'emulationstation' : EmulationStation - Frontend used by RetroPie for launching emulators
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =


gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation /home/pi

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Configuring 'emulationstation' : EmulationStation - Frontend used by RetroPie for launching emulators
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =


= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Running action 'install_theme' for 'esthemes' : Install themes for Emulation Station
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

git clone --recursive --depth 1 "https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon.git" "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon"
Cloning into '/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon'...
/home/pi

Log ended at: Sun 28 May 00:25:35 UTC 2017
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 7 secs

[timothee]

Erm, sorry for the short message @meleu, I was eager to paste that log coz I have the SD card with me and could check it. That was the log for when I ran the "Update from binary" (per my last message).

I have not yet tried to uninstall and reinstall emulationstation. I'll give that a shot later when I'm free.

Also just to reiterate: I have so far got the error 100% of the times on update-all or update-emulationstation only, so I reckon this must be a easily reproducible case.

[meleu]

@BuZz The log above makes me believe that the emulationstation binary isn't in the right format. Am I right?

[xFlesk]

same problem here. cant start my pi after update 4.2.3:

"/usr/bin/emulationstation: line 21: /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh No such file or directory"

please help. doeas developers know about it ? it is a major issue. do not update your retropie or it crash.

[meleu]

@xFlesk as a workaround you can install/update from source. But it's very time consuming...

[xFlesk]

many times i've been updating retropie without a problems, this is first time incident ;) i think something was misstaken during the compilation and developers allready know about it and working to fix that.

yes, install from source take like forever ;) as for now im updating instalation-script with hope to see another update and backuping all my roms, saves, configs, gamelists, downloaded images etc. (just in case ;) )

also:
im very sad about all of this :( my retropie is by far the best console ever and im playing on it every single day ;) developers !! talk to us ;) We suffer here :D

[BuZz]

@meleu I don't think that's the problem - seems ok here. Network issue could also cause a problem like that - did you test it ?

Everyone should make sure all their system packages are up to date, in case there is some odd case of some format difference due to versions of tar etc.

[meleu]

@BuZz said in EmulationStation Update broken? Line 21: No such file or directory:

did you test it ?

I was away from my pi when I saw these reports. But I've just got home and tested (Update from binary). And it is indeed working just fine.

[xFlesk]

i have no internet problems. i've tried to remove emulation station and install it again but the same error occures.

"/usr/bin/emulationstation: line 21: /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh No such file or directory"

i start to thinking about install fresh retropie and simply not update but its pointless since i like to have all new and updated. im stuck now.

[meleu]

@BuZz said in EmulationStation Update broken? Line 21: No such file or directory:

in case there is some odd case of some format difference due to versions of tar etc.

just checking the versions here:

pi@retropie:~ $ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1
...
 
pi@retropie:~ $ gunzip --version
gunzip (gzip) 1.6
...

@xFlesk @timothee can you guys check those versions on your end?