[RetroPie-LMDE] Utility Script to assist with installing RetroPie on Linux Mint Debian Edition.

RapidEdwin08

RetroPie-Setup identifies LMDE as a Debian derivative less than 9 and applies [libpng12-dev] instead of [libpng-dev].

Isn't this correct ? For which version of LMDE ?

The Errors were during RetroPie Setup v4.8.2 - Basic Install.
It was failing to install EmulationStation due to missing [libpng12-dev].
Applied Minimal tweak to the [helpers.sh] to get past it.

Tested on x2 different LMDE PCs.

OS: LMDE 4 (debbie) x86_64 Kernel: 4.19.0-18-amd64
Linuxmint
LMDE 4 (debbie)
4
debbie

OS: LMDE 5 (elsie) x86_64 Kernel: 5.10.0-19-amd64
Linuxmint
LMDE 5 (elsie)
5
elsie

@mitu said

EmulationStation Fails to GIT.

What does this mean ? What error you get ?

There are a few make Errors related libraries...
I uploaded an Error Log from my LMDE4 Machine to GIT for reference.
Example_ES-LMDE_rps.log

mitu

@RapidEdwin08 said in [RetroPie-LMDE] Utility Script to assist with installing RetroPie on Linux Mint Debian Edition.:

It was failing to install EmulationStation due to missing [libpng12-dev].

Can you please post the output of

lsb_release -sidrc
apt search ^libpng

The distro version may be incorrectly set and this may cause the an incorrect identification.

There are a few make Errors related libraries...

Ok, so there are errors during build, but they're not git related, as you said earlier. From the log, I see an older version of ES is selected, probably because your OS is mis-identified or considered too old to build the current stable version. The build is failing because of a missing package (libboost-date-time-dev).

RapidEdwin08

@mitu said

Ok, so there are errors during build, but they're not git related, as you said earlier. From the log, I see an older version of ES is selected, probably because your OS is mis-identified or considered too old to build the current stable version. The build is failing because of a missing package (libboost-date-time-dev).

Thanks, I updated the ES Error info.
Makes sense about misidentified OS, both LMDE4/5 are attempting to git 0lder ES v2.6.7.

I was able to get past install of 0lder ES v2.7.6 on LMDE4 after installing [libboost-date-time-dev].
For LMDE5 it still fails with 0lder ES v2.6.7 even after installing the Boost Libraries.
Here's an example log: Example_ES-LMDE5_rps.log
Using the Tweaks in the Script gets me a working ES v2.12.0-DEV on both LMDE4/5 for now.

Output from both LMDE4/5 lsb_release -sidrc:

Linuxmint
LMDE 4 (debbie)
4
debbie

Linuxmint
LMDE 5 (elsie)
5
elsie

Output from both LMDE4/5 apt search ^libpng:

p   libpng++-dev         - C++ interface to the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) library                                         
i   libpng-dev           - PNG library - development (version 1.6)                                                              
p   libpng-dev:i386      - PNG library - development (version 1.6)                                                              
p   libpng-sixlegs-java  - Sixlegs Java PNG Decoder       
p   libpng-sixlegs-java-doc  - Documentation for Sixlegs Java PNG Decoder                                                           
i A libpng-tools         - PNG library - tools (version 1.6)                                                                    
p   libpng-tools:i386    - PNG library - tools (version 1.6)                                                                    
i   libpng16-16          - PNG library - runtime (version 1.6)                                                                  
i A libpng16-16:i386     - PNG library - runtime (version 1.6)                                                                  
p   libpnglite-dev       - lightweight C library for loading and writing PNG images                                             
p   libpnglite-dev:i386  - lightweight C library for loading and writing PNG images                                             
p   libpnglite0          - lightweight C library for loading and writing PNG images                                             
p   libpnglite0:i386     - lightweight C library for loading and writing PNG images

mitu

Looking at the detection of LMDE, I see it's ignored by the detection script. The linuxmint part is just handling the non-LMDE variant here. I guess you need to add something to handle LMDE in order to have the correct __os_debian_version. Something like:

..
        LinuxMint|Linuxmint)
            if [[ "$__os_desc" != LMDE* ]]; then
                if compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 18; then
                    error="You need Linux Mint 18 or newer"
                elif compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 19; then
                    __os_ubuntu_ver="16.04"
                    __os_debian_ver="8"
                elif compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 20; then
                    __os_ubuntu_ver="18.04"
                    __os_debian_ver="10"
                else
                    __os_ubuntu_ver="20.04"
                    __os_debian_ver="11"
                fi
            fi
            # Add LMDE
            if [[ "$__os_desc" == LMDE* ]]; then
                if compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 5; then
                       __os_debian_ver=10
                else
                      __os_debian_ver=11
                fi
           fi
..

RapidEdwin08

@mitu THANK YOU

Your suggestion Works Perfectly on both LMDE4/5, gives me ES Stable branch, and it's only a Single File [system.sh] that needs to be tweaked.
I updated the OP and added lmde_rpsetup.diff

Thanks again @mitu

mitu

Identifying LMDE has been added to RetroPie-Setup, you just need to update the Setup script and it should work without any other patches.

RapidEdwin08

@mitu Thanks again for all you do...

LMDE6 is available.
lsb_release -sidrc

Linuxmint
LMDE 6 (faye)
6
faye

[~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/system.sh]:

            if [[ "$__os_desc" == LMDE* ]]; then
                if compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 4; then
                    error="You need Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 or newer"
                elif compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 5; then
                    __os_debian_ver="10"
                elif compareVersions "$__os_release" lt 6; then
                    __os_debian_ver="11"
                else
                    __os_debian_ver="12"
                fi
            fi

mitu

@RapidEdwin08 said in [RetroPie-LMDE] Utility Script to assist with installing RetroPie on Linux Mint Debian Edition.:

LMDE6 is available.

Not sure if we're supposed to update our scripts or it already works with the existing RetroPie-Setup. LMDE 6 is based on Debian 12 Bookworm, so the __os_debian_ver should be correct.

RapidEdwin08

@mitu said in [RetroPie-LMDE] Utility Script to assist with installing RetroPie on Linux Mint Debian Edition.:

Not sure if we're supposed to update our scripts or it already works with the existing RetroPie-Setup. LMDE 6 is based on Debian 12 Bookworm, so the __os_debian_ver should be correct.

$__os_debian_ver detected for LMDE6 was 11.

For a test I added a [echo $__os_debian_ver > tmp.log] to the End of the function get_os_version().
Then just ran the ./retropie_setup to see the output.
The $__os_debian_ver output in my test was 11.

You can confirm this on a Live USB of LMDE6 too.

mitu

@RapidEdwin08 I thought you posted the Retropie-Setup code, not your additions. Feel free to send a PR to support LDME 6.