@Jiryn said in Can RetroPie Be Installed on THIS PI 5 OS?:

I am using an imager, and the recommended OS for PI 5 is Debian BookWorm with Pi Desktop 2024-11-19

Yes, you can install it on Bookworm - the suport is still beta but it should mostly work.

Your video doesn't show a Raspberry Pi4. The Pi4 has 2 mini-HDMI ports, not 1 full HDMI one.
Try using the Raspberry Pi3 image and write it on the sd card.

EDIT: if you were sold a Pi4 + case, you got scammed.

@fuenlamame197303 EDIT: there's no need to post another topic with the same issue, I have merged both your topics into one.

Please post what Raspberry PI kit you have right now, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Also, post the details about the kit you have bought right now and which you intend to connect to the Pi.

Thank you guys! After a few more hours of tinkering, I was able to resolve my user error issues. Got it all set up and playing through my childhood again.

@Darksavior Thanks for your help. You're a good guy!

@PaukOne-0 you might have to create themes, but everything before that is already there, yeah?

@stevethefish76 what you're describing there doesn't sound like a crash to me, but without the full error message and all the other stuff in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first i can't really diagnose.

but if it works now i'm not sure there's much utility in doing any of that :)

@pygamegirl The PC installation needs an internet connection to download RetroPie and the source of various programs needed (emulators/front-end/etc.).

If you're looking for an offline install, you can try other retro-gaming projects like Lakka, Recalbox or Batocera, I think they include everything in their image and don't need an internet connection to complete an installation.

@sleve_mcdichael ah I'm an idiot. I forgot to run the game before running the cat command. Will be back!

@mitu @dankcushions

Thanks for the info. I guess I will go ahead and rebuild it, again!

@mitu Alrighty, I'll give it another go then! Thank you! :)

@fretman Folder.jpg

RetroPie uses the Raspberry Pi OS Lite image - if that will support GPT for the root drive (boot + root), then RetroPie will have no issues with it.

Since the current RPI OS images are using MBR, you'd have to re-partition your disc and copy over the files to the new partitions if you want to use GPT.

@mitu umm so I was trying to get the blender package and tried to update and that made my retro pie work so sorry for wasting your time 😅

I'm a bit confused. If you're using the Pi4 image provided on retropie.org.uk/download, there's no additional installation to be done - RetroPie is already installed and the system should boot to EmulationStation.

How are you installing RetroPie ? Is a Raspberry Pi OS image from raspberrypi.org working on the device ?

@mrmichaelhallett No links/mentions of ROM sites in the forum, please respect the forum rules.

@yseult said in Unsure how to install DraStic:

How to replicate the problem: Searched for DraStic in optional packages, main packages, and core packages (just to be sure), couldn't find it.

not sure enough - it's in "experimental" :)

you beat me to it :D

@buzz @mitu I have a VirtualBox's Virtual Machine set to Debian (64 bits) running Raspberry Pi Desktop (https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/raspberry-pi-desktop/), which may be 32 bits?

Then I followed the guide on how to install RetroPie on Ubuntu/Debian https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/raspberry-pi-desktop/

@emrecaglar if you need any help to set it up please let me know - I went through some of problems with this combo (it's a bit more problematic than RetroPie for Pi :)).
For sure you can change priviliges for config files as you won't be able to save any config in RetroArch:

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/retropie/configs/

Please just be mindful that this way you give access to this files and folders to EVERYONE which means that if someone connects to your computer then it has full access to all files and folders in this path.
In my case it does not matter as I don't have constant network access to this device (it sits in arcade cab with no lan/wifi) so not much of a deal for me :)