@duglor said in Fetching Scumm Standalone 2.8.1 from ____?:

are you saying that if i uninstall what i have for my scummvm..removal option...i can then go to this site and build a version from the source?

Yes.

How would i go about doing this?

You'll have to manually build it as explained in the ScummVM Wiki, skipping the dependencies part since they are already installed by RetroPie.
Alternatively you can modify the scummvm.sh module in RetroPie-Setup sources and change the version for the source installation.

It would be nice if i could just uninstall what i have and then log- in to some site that could automatically download and compile the 2.8.1 binary for me.

That would be super convenient, though I think what you're actually looking for is a Windows system, where this kinds of 'compile from source' options are not needed.