dbar4gun: new Wii remote userspace driver as lightgun

zipstick

Hi, im really curious about this and wanting to try it out. If i understand correctly this will enable you to use two lightguns simultaneously? I have retropie setup on a Pi400 which only has 3 USB ports, and all mine are currently in use (2 controllers+ mouse). Would this work with the Dolphinbar connected through a USB dongle?
@RynoRoe did you get this working with the older version ?

mitu

@RynoRoe the installation should work now without futher modifications, just update RetroPie-Setup and re-try the installation.

Chef Otis

@mitu

I get the same errors as @RynoRoe , just on a rpi4 4.8.9

mitu

@Chef-Otis said in dbar4gun: new Wii remote userspace driver as lightgun:

I get the same errors as @RynoRoe , just on a rpi4 4.8.9

Are you fully up-to-date ?

Chef Otis

@mitu Yessir, always up to date and official

mitu

@Chef-Otis Please post the exact error message. The latest version shouldn't have that error anymore.

Chef Otis

@mitu ah yes, I see it now

Log started at: Mon 17 Feb 15:37:11 EST 2025

RetroPie-Setup version: 4.8.9 (38102024)
System: rpi4 (armv7l) - Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) - Linux retropie 5.10.103-v7l+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:24:00 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux

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Installing dependencies for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
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/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi

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Getting sources for 'dbar4gun' : dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support.
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git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch master "https://github.com/lowlevel-1989/dbar4gun" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun"
Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun'...
HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '45860d93fcc1d2d55e915c9352710685c791ffd8'
/home/pi
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/dbar4gun /home/pi
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
package using the following command.

apt-get install python3-venv

You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the python3-venv
package, recreate your virtual environment.

Failing command: ['/opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/python3', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 29: /opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/activate: No such file or directory
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 30: pip3: command not found
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/dbar4gun.sh: line 31: deactivate: command not found
Could not successfully install dbar4gun - dbar4gun is a Linux userspace driver for the wiimote with DolphinBar support. (/opt/retropie/supplementary/dbar4gun/bin/dbar4gun not found).
/home/pi

Log ended at: Mon 17 Feb 15:37:13 EST 2025
Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 2 secs

mitu

@Chef-Otis you have the latest version indeed, bu the error is puzzling since the package's dependencies specifically install python3-virtualenv and python3-dev. I can't reproduce it here.

What's the output of the locale -a command ? Did you change the system/user language ?

Chef Otis

@mitu

pi@retropie:~ $ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_GB.utf8
POSIX

this is what I get with that command. I don't think I've change any sort of system/user language..

After applying apt-get install python3-venv I was able to install dbar4gun successfully, but I still can't actually get the wiimote working.

lowlevel1989

@Chef-Otis, have you followed the steps in the README? Were you able to start the service, or what issue are you facing exactly?

I usually respond faster when the error is reported through this channel: GitHub Issues.