#Installing retropie on debian install#
#Installing retropie on debian upgrade#

To force-overwrite packages after apt-get error: sudo dpkg -i -force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/.deb To get status of services: service -status-all To Unmount a USB Drive: umount /media/usb1 Mkdir /media/usb1 (if it doesn't already exist) To list all installed packages: apt list -installed To show what packages depend on a specific package: apt-cache rdepends packagename To show all versions available for a package: apt-cache madison To open compressed log files: zcat logfile.gz

#Installing retropie on debian install#

To downgrade/install a specific version of packages: sudo apt-get install = To install newer/unstable versions of packages (such as gcc):Д®cho 'deb unstable main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt//unstable.list To show version of installed package: apt-show-versions ДЄfter a fresh OS install, run these to get everything updated: And there's always a chance some of the steps I took were not necessary, but it worked out for me.ДЇirst off, as a relatively linux noob, here's my notes on some helpful linux commands that I had to learn and use in my trials: I'll post the details of both in case it helps anyone. I was using a computer monitor and an HDMI-DVI converter to configure everything on jessie, but once it got it all working I tried it on my TV and got no display : So I started over using stretch (stretch-minimal-rock64-0.5.). I started with jessie using the 0.5.10 build from ayufan (jessie-minimal-rock64-0.5.).

#Installing retropie on debian upgrade#

I'm eventually planning to try to find a way to upgrade to the newest build without having to redo everything (if you know how, feel free to let me know, I'm still learning all this). I wanted to use the newest linux builds available from ayufan but ran into problems booting (no video), so I ended up going back a few versions. All I know is that now I'm 'rock64ing' RP, RA, and ES I figured I'd contrubute to the community with what steps I took, but I offer no support or guarantees.

I finally got RetroPie, RetroArch, and EmulationStation working. but to get it up and running I've had to learn quickly and do a lot of research.ДЄfter banging my head against things, neglecting the family, angering the demon that is my wife, and having to start over again multiple times. And with the more powerful hardware on this platform, I have been excited to figure this out. The RPI3 has a lot of downloadable images that basically 'just work' out of the box, but ROCK64 doesn't have that benefit yet. So first off, while I'm a 'professional computer guy', my expertise is Microsoft stuff, so before getting my raspberry pi 3 I had very little linux experience.