Web Browser On Emulation Station !

Hydro

Is there a web browser for emulation station ?

like a firefox or google installer.

or like a optional installer in ports.

BuZz

you can install a desktop environment which has a browser (and then launch it from Emulation Station) https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#where-did-the-desktop-go

Andreas77

@Hydro that would be cool. A stand alone type browser that could run in ports or even its own tab.
With Kodi, the emulators and a web browser it would comprise about 99% of my daily computing, if YouTube and Netflix could run smoothly that is.

dudleydes

You can install Chromium, Iceweasel (Firefox) or Kweb (Minimal Kiosk Browser) from zerojay's repo that should launch from the Ports section.

https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra

Andreas77

@dudleydes thank you, I'll give it a try.

dragon_0n4

@dudleydes Hey! this worked a-OK to install chromium on EM! It shows under "Ports", nad works great! I needed a browser to register streaming for the MAC for a certain plugin on a certain K-named port ;)
Thanks a million for sharing!

AlexMurphy

@dragon_0n4 you're allowed to say Kodi...

Deltax5

chromium in kodi there is a warning that it collects data and not recce-mended doing persanal things like banking.. They should just add a good browser to the default repasatory. Are the other ones good?

Divyansh

BRO paste these commands in terminal

cd
git clone https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra.git
cd RetroPie-Extra/
./install-extras.sh

then..

cd
cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

Now go to raspberry pi configuration
go to manage experimental packages and search Chromium over there and install
took me around 5 hours to configure install chromium
and
HUZZAH!
go to terminal again and type sudo reboot.
On the next boot it will be available under ports section.
Hope this helped :-) .

Hydro

@dudleydes said in Web Browser On Emulation Station !:

You can install Chromium, Iceweasel (Firefox) or Kweb (Minimal Kiosk Browser) from zerojay's repo that should launch from the Ports section.

https://github.com/zerojay/RetroPie-Extra

hi,

if i install Ice-weasel can i still load up emulation-station ?

mitu

@hydro said in Web Browser On Emulation Station !:

if i install Ice-weasel can i still load up emulation-station ?

Yes. The script will install the browser under the Ports system, so you actualy start the browser from Emulationstation.