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    Install on Debian unstable

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @MoonKid
      last edited by

      @moonkid said in Install on Debian unstable:

      It seems like that the script doesn't parse the version number correctly.

      Which is the version number exactly ?

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      • M
        MoonKid
        last edited by

        I don't know how your script ask for "version number". Please tell me so I can post the output.

        What I can tell you
        $ uname -a
        Linux TONNE 4.18.5-towo.1-siduction-amd64 #1 SMP siduction 4.18-5 (2018-08-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @MoonKid
          last edited by

          @moonkid said in Install on Debian unstable:

          I don't know how your script ask for "version number".

          It's not my script, it's part of the RetroPie setup package. What's the output of /etc/debian_version ?

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          • M
            MoonKid
            last edited by

            $ cat /etc/debian_version
            buster/sid

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @MoonKid
              last edited by mitu

              @moonkid There's your answer. The same is reported on an Ubuntu 18.04, but the installation works fine there.

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              • M
                MoonKid
                last edited by

                I don't understand.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @MoonKid
                  last edited by mitu

                  @moonkid Please post the complete error you get when installing.

                  EDIT: Add also the output of lsb_release -sidrc.

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                  • M
                    MoonKid
                    last edited by

                    Debian
                    Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)
                    unstable
                    sid

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @MoonKid
                      last edited by mitu

                      @moonkid Well, the RetroPie-Setup script checks the version reported by the command above and since there is no number there, it will fail to detect the correct OS version (which obviously - doesn't exist for sid).For reference, this is what's shown on Debian Stretch

                      lsb_release -sidrc
                      Debian
                      Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 (stretch)
                      9.5
                      stretch
                      

                      You can see how the RetroPie-Setup script checks for the OS version in https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/system.sh.

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators
                        last edited by BuZz

                        Replace system.sh with this http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/system.sh and let me know if it works for you. Note that retropie-setup is not tested on Debian unstable, so some things may not build or run properly.

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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