Retropie on ubuntu is broken.

Renario910

@mitu oops. Well you did the same. I just copied it from you :P

Renario910

here, the output:https://pastebin.com/iii8fdkE
Also i'm going to switch to ubuntu 18.04 and try the thing there, but i can reinstall ubuntu 16.04 back any moment.

mitu

@renario910 You should be running these commands as the root user or prefix them with sudo, as detailed in the docs. Can you retry the installation steps and see if you succeed this time ?

Renario910

i installed ubuntu 18.04, i typed

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

then i did

sudo apt-get install -y git dialog unzip xmlstarlet

and it gave the same error. After that i did

sudo apt-get update

and it gave me this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver - Release amd64 (20180426) bionic InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver - Release amd64 (20180426) bionic Release
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Fetched 172 kB in 1s (215 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Sorry for not putting this in pastebin, ubuntu firefox is a trainwreck, keeps crashing :/

i tried the xmlstartlet thing and it gave the same error.

I'm going to do the same on 16.04 soon.

Oh an btw it gives the same error if i type something instead of xmlstartlet. Maybe the thing in github is misspelled?

BuZz

@renario910 you are missing some main repositories. post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list or use this one

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
# deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main

Note I am using the nl mirrors - you could use a mirror closer to you. I switched from the GB mirrors as they were being problematic for me.

BuZz

@renario910 said in Retropie on ubuntu is broken.:

Oh an btw it gives the same error if i type something instead of xmlstartlet. Maybe the thing in github is misspelled?

It's xmlstarlet not xmlstartlet - although you spell it correctly in the original post.

Renario910

@buzz yeah i didn't copy that one. Should i do the same thing on 16.04 or should i try to find etc?
Edit: i found the file, but i am having difficulties posting the file, or opening it.

mitu

@renario910 No, the lines @buzz has pasted are for the 18.04 version of Ubuntu, not for 16.04. Which one do you have installed right now ?

Renario910

18.04, i just installed it and tried the same stuff, @BuZz recommended that i try 18.04 in the beginning of the post, however i can reinstall 16.04 again.

Renario910

@buzz use what? do i type that text into the terminal?

Edit: i think this is the list?

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver - Release amd64 (20180426)]/ bionic main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted

mitu

@renario910 No, you open the file @BuZz indicated (/etc/apt/sources.list) with a text editor and replace the contents of the file with the text indicated.

Renario910

@mitu yes, but after that he aslo said "or use this one", which got me confused. I also didn't understood a single word under the black box with text.

Renario910

@BuZz it gives me an error while trying to save:
"Could not save the file "/etc/apt/sources.list"."
You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

(the file is read only)

Renario910

so how do i edit sources.list?

chipsnblip

@renario910 said in Retropie on ubuntu is broken.:

so how do i edit sources.list?

from a terminal, type sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

but i think it's also important to familiarize yourself with some basic unix/linux concepts, since this is turning into more of an Ubuntu support thread.