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    Pi4B RetroPie on Buster

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      screwedupsmitty
      last edited by screwedupsmitty

      Hi all,
      New to Pi, got my media server all set up but wanted to add RetroPie for some nostalgic gaming. I understand that Pi4 isn't supported yet officially, but wanted help troubleshooting through this by the community

      pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie-Setup$ sudo git fetch && git checkout fkms_rpi4
      fatal: Unable to create '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/.git/index.lock': Permission denied

      I tried to figure out who owned the file with
      pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie-Setup$ sudo ls -la /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/.git/index.lock
      ls: cannot access '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/.git/index.lock': No such file or directory

      I can't seem figure out where i mistepped.

      I'm using this walkthrough

      https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-game-emulators,40102.html

      Thanks in advance!

      -S

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        herb_fargus administrators @screwedupsmitty
        last edited by herb_fargus

        @screwedupsmitty walkthrough is outdated. Fkms branch is more or less synced with master now

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          screwedupsmitty
          last edited by

          I figured it was something like that. Thanks!

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            psyke83 Global Moderator
            last edited by psyke83

            The instructions on that site are also incorrect, as cloning the repository via sudo will set the wrong user permissions, which will cause problems with subsequent unprivileged operations.

            Delete the folder:

            sudo rm -r $HOME/RetroPie-Setup
            

            Start again using the clone command outlined in the manual install instructions without any changes, as the fkms_rpi4 branch is now obsolete.

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              screwedupsmitty
              last edited by

              Awesome! Thanks! I wrongly assumed that because it wasn't officially supported yet the manual process wouldn't apply for some reason.

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