Retropie install fails every time I install it..

optimal123

I used Rufus to create a bootable ubuntuMATE (ubuntu v16.04.3) SD card, and then I did the normal setup stuff. Ran sudo apt-get update and upgrade, and commenced to follow the guide verbatim. Each time i wait the 3 hours it takes, at the end, I get an error message that says

Could not successfully build mupen64plus - N64 emulator MUPEN64Plus
(mupen64plus-core/projects/unix/libmupen64plus.so.2.0.0 not found).

Emulation station wont start either and produces the following error (--debug option used):
lvl2: EmulationStation -v2.7.4rp, built Jan 9 2018 - 19:45:08
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl0: Error creating SDL window!
Could not get EGL display
lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
lvl0: Window failed to activate

Any ideas??

mitu

@optimal123 Are you starting ES from your X11 session ? Try running it from a terminal - without X11 started.

optimal123

wow. didn't think of that at all. Was... Dare I say, Simple as Pi? But what about that other issue? does that mean that I wont be able to use the N64 emulator?

mitu

@optimal123 said in Retropie install fails every time I install it..:

But what about that other issue? does that mean that I wont be able to use the N64 emulator?

Re-install again the MUPEN64Plus package, just this one, from the RetroPie setup menu, then look in ~/RetroPie-Setup/logs for the last log file. Unpack it then upload its contents to pastebin.ubuntu.com.
Compilation probably fails, but in order to see why we'll have to look in the log file.