unable to install Scraper due to ~ key

kaz69

Hi all

So im following a video from ETA Prime about Steven Selph's Scraper install and I can get everything ready until I come to the sudo ~/retropie-setup/retropie_setup.sh part as the ~ key when typed is at the top instead of the middle. ETA Prime explains the keyboard situation and Ive gone in to change it via sudo raspi-config and changed it to UK, USA and alternatives but the ~ key stays exactly the same.

any ideas?????

Pi Model or other hardware: (B, B+, 2 B, 3, X86 PC etc..) Pi 3
Power Supply used: (If using a Pi) 5V plug
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.3
Built From: (Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, Berryboot, or on top of existing OS etc.. - built myself from retropie download
USB Devices connected: Xbox wireless controller, USB Stick for Games, Keyboard wireless connector
Controller used: Xbox 360 wireless and Rii keyboard
Error messages received:
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
Guide used:

File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
How to replicate the problem:

mitu

@kaz69 I don't know if you just trolling, but there is no 'middle tilde' key - it's always displayed at the top and it has always been.
As for installing the Scraper install, use the RetroPie menu in EmulationStation and choose RetroPie Setup, the result is the same as the command you mentioned.

kaz69

@mitu

thanks , i promise this isn't a trolling, I think I just got confused with the positioning of the key plus when I typed it into the F4 terminal menu it didnt work so thought I was doing something wrong.

let me go back to the drawing board and try again.
cheers mitu

PeriodicLogic

My experience is that it is a keyboard setting thing, and that fixing both your locale and keyboard in raspi-config fixes it (possibly only after a reboot).

Another short-term solution to your immediate need would be to use the full path rather than the ~ shortcut. ~ is the shortcut for the user's home directory, which is at /home/pi. So instead of sudo ~/retropie-setup/retropie_setup.sh, type sudo /home/pi/retropie-setup/retropie_setup.sh

Good luck.

AndrewH

Alternately, you can do it in two steps.

the original command should be as follows (capitalization of folder names is important) ;

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

It tells the system to run the retropie_setup.sh script found in the RetroPie-Setup subdirectory of the user's home directory (the user being the 'pi' account you logged in with). And this command can be run successfully no matter where in the filesystem you happen to have navigated to.

So, instead, you can do it in two steps as follows;

cd
sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

The first line will take you to the home directory for the user you're logged in as.
The second line runs the script found in the subdirectory of the current directory (which will be the home directory, since that's where you moved to with the first command).

kaz69

@PeriodicLogic @AndrewH

Amazing thanks guys I'll give these a try tonight :-)

AndrewH

@mitu said in unable to install Scraper due to ~ key:

As for installing the Scraper install, use the RetroPie menu in EmulationStation and choose RetroPie Setup, the result is the same as the command you mentioned.

That's fine for installing the scraper, but not for running it - it shouldn't be run while emulationstation is running.

..which means back to the drawing board in terms of running the retropie setup script from the command prompt in order to run the scraper.

kaz69

@andrewh said in unable to install Scraper due to ~ key:

Alternately, you can do it in two steps.

the original command should be as follows (capitalization of folder names is important) ;
sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
It tells the system to run the retropie_setup.sh script found in the RetroPie-Setup subdirectory of the user's home directory (the user being the 'pi' account you logged in with). And this command can be run successfully no matter where in the filesystem you happen to have navigated to.

So, instead, you can do it in two steps as follows;
cd
sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
The first line will take you to the home directory for the user you're logged in as.
The second line runs the script found in the subdirectory of the current directory (which will be the home directory, since that's where you moved to with the first command).

Just gave it a try and it’s worked perfectly, ive set the game list for videos and the majority have them but some are just still images (may of been where I done manual scraping)
Thanks for the help guys I would of never sorted that other wise 😀😀😀