Keeping RetroPie up-to-date

[noelmasson]

Is there a way to keep RetroPie up-to-date automatically / periodically. Perhaps there are command line args for running retropie_setup.sh and automatically executing 'Update all installed packages'?

[meleu]

@noelmasson Only the sadistic masochist people would use such a feature. :)

[UDb23]

@meleu lol !

[noelmasson]

@meleu Perhaps not automatic, but a single command instead of using the setup script menu? I've built a Retropie console for my son and removed the Retropie menu to prevent him from making a mess of things. Surely there is a way??

[meleu]

@noelmasson said in Keeping RetroPie up-to-date:

Perhaps there are command line args for running retropie_setup.sh and automatically executing 'Update all installed packages'

The command you want is:

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh setup update_packages_gui

But pay attention at what is said in the docs about updating RetroPie: Before making any major updates it is important to make backups

In the same page you can see some backup options.

EDIT:

@noelmasson

I've built a Retropie console for my son and removed the Retropie menu to prevent him from making a mess of things.

You removed retropiemenu but you still have access to retropie_setup.sh script from command line, right? You can launch retropie setup from command line and then update it as usual.

[noelmasson]

@meleu Perfect, many thanks for this! Exactly what I was looking for. I always take routine backups.