Accidentally uninstalled default theme on Pi Zero

Rookervik

Ugh, it's going to be a little tough for you, then. You'll have to extract and copy the theme folder to the USB and then get the USB mounted. I have no experience in that. It's linux though, and there are thousands of tutorials out there on mounting a USB drive.

Once you can mount the USB and browse the contents, you will need to copy the theme folder to /home/pi/.emulation/themes

So I guess, hypothetically, if your USB is mounted at /mnt/usb1 you'd type something like this into the console:

mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

Don't worry if the folder is already there. Then something like:

cp /mnt/usb1/es-theme-pixel -R /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

Modify this to how ever your system is set up. Or use this information to enhance your google search.

backstander

I gave @BennySpaceCore the directions to download the ZIP file of your github pixel files. So after you download the ZIP file, just extract it to the USB flash drive. Now there should be a directory on the USB flash drive named "es-theme-pixel-master" (or something like that), just rename that directory to "pixel" then eject it from your PC and plug it into your Pi Zero.

Now to get to the command line from EmulationStation with a USB keyboard plugged into your Pi Zero, you press F4 on the keyboard. Then you can do like what @Rookervik said:
mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes (if needed)
cp -R /mnt/usb1/pixel /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

Hopefully that helps. If you run into a snag, just post here and we'll try to get you back on track.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander alright, so right now im trying to download and install raspbian to mount the usb, so this might take a while, ill update you when its ready to install on the usb

BennySpaceCore

@backstander For some reason it wont let me write raspbian on the USB drive, so later I might just take out the SD card of my Pi, and trying not to break it in the process, would I be able just to install a theme to the SD card it self? The reason I haven't tried doing this in the first place is that my casing it very tight and it might be difficult taking out the SD card without breaking anything since everything is so close.

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm not sure why you're installing Raspbian on the USB drive.
You need to install Raspbian on the USB drive. RetroPie should be able to read a Windows/FAT formatted USB drive. Also (I've never tried it but) I believe it can read Windows/NTFS formatted drives as well.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander i just read that is a way to mount a USB drive for raspberry pi

is there a better way i can mount it that you know of?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm pretty sure that RetroPie/raspbian auto-mounts USB flash drives right after you plug them in.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander thats strange, because if retropie does auto-mount then i have run into a problem, it says it cant find the directory when i put it in the commands.

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm not at my RPi so I'm just going off memory here again lol
Okay so to mount the USB drive try this:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

BennySpaceCore

@backstander ok ill go try!

BennySpaceCore

@backstander the message I got was mount: mount point /mnt/usb1 does not exist. I typed the whole thing in at once, was I not supposed to do that?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Okay type this first:
sudo mkdir /mnt/usb1

BennySpaceCore

@backstander Ok let me do that

BennySpaceCore

@BennySpaceCore ok, after i typed it nothing popped up after, should i do the rest of the commands you gave me earlier?

BennySpaceCore

@backstander right now i have to go, i will come back in a bit and try the next thing, just wanted to say thanks for helping me out!

backstander

@BennySpaceCore

ok, after i typed it nothing popped up after, should i do the rest of the commands you gave me earlier?

Yes

This command mounts your USB drive
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

This creates a home "themes" directory (only do this once)
mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes (if this directory is not already there)

This copies the "pixel" theme from your USB drive to your "themes" directory
cp -R /mnt/usb1/pixel /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

BennySpaceCore

@backstander so close yet so far http://m.imgur.com/y4mrdek

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Can you read that USB drive in Windows? (are you using Windows or Mac OS X?)

BTW, I just plugged in a USB drive into my RPi and it auto-mounted it at /media/usb0

BennySpaceCore

@backstander yeah i have windows, should i use the name that it has in windows?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Yeah try that instead. You can also type ls /media/usb0 just to see if "pixel" shows up on the list.