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    Libpng-dev not installed x86

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      bhuthogg
      last edited by

      Hiya I'm using mint Linux 18.3 on my hp thin client on a 250gb HDD the initial setup of reteopie went well following the instructions on the guide for x86

      Trouble is, when I go to install most emulators that I want. I'm getting the message libpng-dev is missing, I have managed to install lr-snes9x but the PS1 emulators and N64 both stop straight away, such a shame because it installed so well up untill this point

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        bhuthogg
        last edited by bhuthogg

        So I tried this to no help

        retro@retro-5740 (sudo] password for retro:
        
        $ sudo apt-get install -y libpng-dev
        
        Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting libpng12-dev' instead of 'libpng-dev Libpng12-dev is already the newest version (1.2.54-lubuntu.1).
        
        e to upgrade, 0 to newly install, e to remove and not to upgrade.
        
        retro@retro-5740 - $1
        

        Log started at: Sun 5 Jul 07:07:09 BST 2020

        RetroPie-Setup version: 4.6.3 (a84bea0)
        System: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia - Linux retro-5740 4.10.0-38-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:30:51 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
        Installing dependencies for 'lr-pcsx-rearmed' : Playstation emulator - PCSX (arm optimised) port for libretro
        = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

        Did not find needed dependencies: libpng-dev. Trying to install them now.
        Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB]
        Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
        Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
        Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
        Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
        Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
        Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
        Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [929 kB]
        Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [722 kB]
        Fetched 1,976 kB in 3s (523 kB/s)
        Reading package lists...
        Reading package lists...
        Building dependency tree...
        Reading state information...
        libpng12-dev is already the newest version (1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1).
        0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
        Could not install package(s): libpng-dev.

        retro@retro-5740 ~/RetroPie-Setup $ cat /etc/debian_version
        stretch/sid
        

        Log ended at: Sun 5 Jul 07:07:24 BST 2020
        Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 15 secs

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by mitu

          That's because the setup script thinks you're using a more recent version of Ubuntu/Debian, but 18.3 is based on Ubuntu 16.04, which is a bit older. Should be fixable, but why are you using such an old distro instead of a current Linux Mint/Ubuntu release ?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators
            last edited by

            This should be fixed now, but you should upgrade as advised. We cannot support such old versions and you will likely run into things that don't work.

            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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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @BuZz
              last edited by

              Come to think of it, maybe the reason for such an old distro is the HW - is it 32 bit only ? LinuxMint 19 has a x86 installer, then you can upgrade to the latest version from the existing installation.

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                bhuthogg @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu yeah the processor is restricted to 32bit. I'll get some blank dvds thanks

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                  bhuthogg @BuZz
                  last edited by

                  @BuZz thank you. I'm really sorry I thought this was a newer release,

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