RetroPie will not install on MX Linux 18 (Unsupported OS Error)
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This is a report on the issue and the solution.
I was trying to install RetroPie's newest source from git on my fresh MX Linux 18.3 install today. Normally I use Debian 9 which has no issues, however I have been setting up an arcade cabinet with older hardware from 2006-ish - specs really aren't important I don't think - because I liked how MX Linux was running on the hardware.
Anyway, I was getting "Unsupported OS" error during install. MX Linux is built on Debian so it should work fine, but the install scripts look for generic OS ID's and MX Linux isn't included in the script.
The solution was to add "|MX" to the system.sh script in the OS version detection routine.
Currently it's line 78 in system.sh which can be found in "~/RetroPie_setup/scriptmodules/" or wherever you have downloaded RetroPie setup to.Change:
case "$__os_id" in Raspbian|Debian)To:
case "$__os_id" in Raspbian|Debian|MX)save and restart the installer.
I can happily report that the install went smooth and I am currently enjoying Shadowrun on the genesis!
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