Dolphin fails to build from packages menu using source in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[mitu]

Looks like an upstream build error - building with the distribution's lzma library fails. I see their test build use the lzma library that's included with Dolphin, that's why they don't fail.

[linuxhaveyou]

Thanks for the reply. Is there anyway for me to edit something and would get it working to build properly?

[mitu]

As a workaround, you can remove the liblzma-dev package and the build script will automatically use the included lzma library. Don't forget to cleanup/remove the package before attempting the installation again.

[linuxhaveyou]

thanks, I will try and report back!

[linuxhaveyou]

@mitu said in Dolphin fails to build from packages menu using source in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

liblzma-dev

so one step forward!, but a new issue :) removing the package allowed me to install dolphin but now the RetroPie GUI is missing all the emulators to select from.

[mitu]

@linuxhaveyou What do you mean ? Are you referring to runcommand launch menu or the package installation ?

[linuxhaveyou]

Or now that I did the work around should I just reinstall package I removed?

[linuxhaveyou]

[mitu]

@linuxhaveyou I don't think removing that package produced this error. How are you starting EmulationStation ? What's on your /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file (use pastebin.com for the content) ?

[linuxhaveyou]

@mitu said in Dolphin fails to build from packages menu using source in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

https://pastebin.com/xtDHu0wV

I didn't change anything else. Also performed a reboot just in case still the same as in the screenshot.

Thanks again for the help.

[linuxhaveyou]

@linuxhaveyou

I think I see the issue, its pointing to /root, doing a mass update and seeing if that will fix it automatically back to the correct path.

[mitu]

@linuxhaveyou said in Dolphin fails to build from packages menu using source in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

I think I see the issue, its pointing to /root, doing a mass update and seeing if that will fix it automatically back to the correct path.

Did you use sudo su and then run the RetroPie-Setup script ? Don't do that, always use sudo when using the RetroPie-Setup script.

[BuZz]

@linuxhaveyou updating packages will not automatically reconfigure unless there are updates. If you have installed as root at some.point you may have a bunch of configuration issues.

May be easiest to backup (if you don't have a backup), remove /opt/retropie and reinstall from your user account (via sudo).

[linuxhaveyou]

@BuZz @mitu Yes, I realized at some point the other day my foolish self was in SU and I processed an update which is why this all happened!

Thanks for all the help! This can be closed.