@BuZz I unintentionally got two failed installs so I'll share them as they had your exit code fix. They failed differently so at least it's something. :) The N64 emulator exited with 1 as expected, but Splashscreen exited with 0 (it didn't continue to install but I don't know how to tell when it's done done). Edit: It should end with Info: [message] on success?

1: basic_install exited with 1 when mupen64plus failed. Ran on Debian with amd64. See full log.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Building 'mupen64plus' : N64 emulator MUPEN64Plus = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [snip] make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-video-glide64mk2/projects/unix' head: cannot open '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mupen64plus/GLideN64/src/Revision.h' for reading: No such file or directory current revision "50e83004" last build revision /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mupen64plus/GLideN64/projects/cmake /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mupen64plus /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required): CMake 3.9 or higher is required. You are running version 3.7.2 -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/mupen64plus /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup Removing additional swap /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup Could not successfully build mupen64plus - N64 emulator MUPEN64Plus (GLideN64/projects/cmake/plugin/Release/mupen64plus-video-GLideN64.so not found). Errors: Could not successfully build mupen64plus - N64 emulator MUPEN64Plus (GLideN64/projects/cmake/plugin/Release/mupen64plus-video-GLideN64.so not found). The command '/bin/sh -c if [ "$(uname -m)" = 'x86_64' ]; then sudo ./retropie_packages.sh setup basic_install; fi' returned a non-zero code: 1

2: basic_install exited with 0 when splashscreen failed. Ran on Debian with arm32v7. See full log.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Configuring 'splashscreen' : Configure Splashscreen = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/splashscreen.sh: line 91: systemctl: command not found /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup Removing intermediate container c40e0a51fa8f ---> 3e4f12bb8360 [snip] Successfully built 63739c10746d Successfully tagged rc:docker-multiarch

@demodairy Can you post the exact error here?

Thanks for the help! I was using that particular tutorial because I found the official docs too technical and daunting for that matter, but I'll get over my trepidation and try it again. As for trying to launch from a desktop terminal, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. I have my RPi hooked up to my tv, never to my desktop computer. I didn't enable the GL driver, I skipped over everything in the raspi-config because I wanted just a basic set up, but I'll make sure it's off after I reinstall the image. Again thanks for taking time out of your day to read and respond! I can't wait to play!

What games are your favorite to play on retropie?