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    Using Retropie Setup inside SteamOS

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      Twitch0815
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      Best I can tell version 2.0 of Steam OS is Debian Jessie

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        meleu @Twitch0815
        last edited by meleu

        @Twitch0815 is steamos ubuntu based?
        Edit: oh. I see your next post right now. It's Debian based...

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          meleu @Twitch0815
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          @Twitch0815 can you paste here the output of lsb_release -sidrc?

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            BuZz administrators
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            for testing

            cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
            wget http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/steam.diff
            patch -p1 <steam.diff
            sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
            

            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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              Twitch0815
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              @meleu

              desktop@steamos:~/RetroPie-Setup$ lsb_release -sidrc
              SteamOS
              SteamOS 2.0
              2.0
              brewmaster

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                Twitch0815
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                @BuZz

                On first try

                Reading package lists... Done
                Reading package lists... Done
                Building dependency tree
                Reading state information... Done
                Package dialog is not available, but is referred to by another package.
                This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
                is only available from another source

                E: Package 'dialog' has no installation candidate
                E: Unable to locate package xmlstarlet
                Unable to install packages required by /home/desktop/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh - Could not install package(s): dialog g++ build-essential unzip xmlstarlet.

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                  meleu @Twitch0815
                  last edited by

                  @Twitch0815 does SteamOS have apt-get?

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                    Twitch0815
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                    Yea absolutely. Its got a full desktop mode, terminal and apt-get

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                      meleu @Twitch0815
                      last edited by

                      @Twitch0815 for some reason retropie_setup failed to install the following packages: dialog g++ build-essential unzip xmlstarlet.

                      Try to install it yourself via apt-get and then try again.

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                        Twitch0815
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                        Going to try adding

                        add "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ main contrib" to the end,

                        but will need to rekick as I had switched to Ubuntu

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                          Twitch0815
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                          Solution thus far is to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file

                          adding the following to the bottom
                          deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
                          deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
                          deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free

                          then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

                          Follow normal x86 install instructions and applying exos patch above will then allow retropie setup to launch correctly.
                          Currently running basic install will report back on progress

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                            Twitch0815
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                            @BuZz

                            Alright progress

                            Basic Install builds successfully
                            NDS builds successfully
                            Reicast Builds Successfully
                            PSP Builds Successfully
                            Kodi will install if you add
                            deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main
                            to the /etc/apt/sources.list

                            Dolphin does not install from Retropie Setup but Debian Jessie 8 allows for simple sudo apt-get install Dolphin but none of the special sauce is done like the rom directory or ES integration and the dolphin exeuctable i cant seem to find, even via the program search where something like retropie or emulation station could be found and launched manually

                            http://pastebin.com/2bptLVed
                            Is the installation log.

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                              backstander
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                              Thanks for keeping us updated on this @Twitch0815

                              Another way you can search for files from the command prompt by using sudo find / -name "<filename>” You could do something like sudo find / -name "dolphin". I don't use this find function that much.

                              I personally like to use Locate instead!
                              To install Locate type:
                              sudo apt-get install locate

                              To update the database that Locate uses to find files and directories:
                              sudo updatedb

                              Now all you have to do is type this to find something:
                              locate <filename>

                              Example:
                              locate dolphin

                              The only downside to Locate is that you sometimes have to update the database (sudo updatedb) to make sure you get all the newest files in your search. Updating will also remove newly deleted files.

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                                Twitch0815
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                                Looking into this further,
                                probably the simplest and cleanest option is installing SteamOS Tools
                                https://github.com/ProfessorKaos64/SteamOS-Tools

                                After a clean install, and only adding SteamOS Tools
                                Basic Install compiles cleanly
                                Dolphin compiles cleanly
                                lr-desumme compiles cleanly
                                kodi installs cleanly

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                                  Twitch0815
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                                  Next major step was to get Steam OS to load, emulationstation from its native menu.

                                  to do this you need to create a file called
                                  emulationstation.desktop
                                  in the
                                  /usr/share/applications

                                  directory and paste in the following

                                  [Desktop Entry]
                                  Version=1.0
                                  Name=EmulationStation
                                  GenericName=EmulationStation
                                  Comment=Manage and play your games
                                  Exec=emulationstation
                                  Icon=emulationstation
                                  Terminal=false
                                  Type=Application
                                  Categories=AudioVideo;Video;Player;TV;

                                  Actions=Fullscreen;Standalone;

                                  [Desktop Action Fullscreen]
                                  Name=Open in fullscreen
                                  Exec=emulationstation -fs
                                  OnlyShowIn=Unity;

                                  [Desktop Action Standalone]
                                  Name=Open in standalone mode
                                  Exec=emulationstation --standalone
                                  OnlyShowIn=Unity;

                                  Just documenting here for now, will update in wiki going forward.

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                                    Twitch0815
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                                    Only problem now is
                                    that when you launch EmulationStation from within SteamOS it seems to manage the application.

                                    I mapped controls which is awesome because when Steam is managing it overlays the controller profile allowing the steam controller to be configured semi-correctly. Button triggers I need to manually mess with inside the controller config.

                                    It also gets the advantage of having the Steam Button be able to bring up the xmb of steam allowing for hot swapping controller settings and exiting the shortcut.

                                    Problem is that when launching say a genesis game, it shows the steam thinking icon really fast then reverts back to emulation station

                                    /dev/shm/runcommand says

                                    parameters: 0 SYS megadrive /home/desktop/RetroPie/roms/megadrive/3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA).md
                                    Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-picodrive/picodrive_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg "/home/desktop/RetroPie/roms/megadrive/3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA).md" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

                                    So I know it does try to launch it just Steam seems to stop if.

                                    Tried as well with Kodi and it did the same thing.

                                    I know were out of the normal support matrix i posted on /r/steamos to see if any users have found a way to allow a steam managed application to launch another application in the same profile which I guess is what I am hoping for, just documenting where I am at and if anyone has any ideas on something to try let me know.

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                                      Twitch0815
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                                      http://pastebin.com/jfKLrumc

                                      Pastebin of the STD out file

                                      This is the output of tail -f /tmp/dumps/steam_stdout.txt
                                      When attempting to launch lr-picodrive from inside emulation station that is launched from SteamOS.

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