problem with Make

[LodeVlaeminck]

make Looking for bcm_host.h bcm_host.h found Looking for libMali.so libMali.so not found CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (MESSAGE): Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS) Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:288 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:106 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS) CMakeLists.txt:45 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! Makefile:120: recipe for target 'cmake_check_build_system' failed make: *\ [cmake_check_build_system] Error 1

I was following the tutorial and i get this error ...

[LodeVlaeminck]

This is on the raspberry pi 2 b

[remeh]

Do you have the lib freetype on your raspberry ?

 Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)

[Aloshi]

For some reason the RPi 2 FreeType package changed around the include directory. Try running with

cmake . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype/

(this is what RetroPie does)

[LodeVlaeminck]

Looking for bcm_host.h bcm_host.h found Looking for libMali.so libMali.so not found -- Found Freetype: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreetype.so -- Looking for FreeImage... -- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.26") -- checking for module 'freeimage' -- package 'freeimage' not found -- Found FreeImage: optimized;/usr/lib/libfreeimage.so;debug;/usr/lib/libfreeimage.so -- Looking for include file pthread.h -- Looking for include file pthread.h - found -- Looking for pthread_create -- Looking for pthread_create - not found. -- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads -- Looking for pthread_create in pthreads - not found -- Looking for pthread_create in pthread -- Looking for pthread_create in pthread - found -- Found Threads: TRUE -- Found SDL2: /usr/local/lib/libSDL2main.a;/usr/local/lib/libSDL2.so;-lpthread -- Boost version: 1.49.0 -- Found the following Boost libraries: -- system -- filesystem -- date_time -- locale -- Found Eigen3: /usr/include/eigen3 (Required is at least version "2.91.0") -- Found CURL: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libcurl.so (found version "7.26.0") -- Found ALSA: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libasound.so (found version "1.0.25") CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:77 (message): You need at least G++ 4.7 to compile EmulationStation!

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

[LodeVlaeminck]

After a lot of messing around it seems to be working now :) THNX. What is the fun when you dont have some trouble :)

[ghost]

cmake . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype/ returns "/usr/include/freetype/ does not exist" what am I doing wrong here?

[Neuss1987]

Got the same problem like binaryangel0100

pi@raspberry ~/EmulationStation $ cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype/ CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:81 (FILE): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/pi/EmulationStation/CMakeFiles/CompilerIdC/CMakeCCompilerId.c for writing. Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:91 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_WRITE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:39 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake:130 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID) CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:81 (FILE): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/pi/EmulationStation/CMakeFiles/CompilerIdC/CMakeCCompilerId.c for writing. Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:91 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_WRITE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:39 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake:130 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID) CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:81 (FILE): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/pi/EmulationStation/CMakeFiles/CompilerIdC/CMakeCCompilerId.c for writing. Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:91 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_WRITE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:39 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake:130 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID) CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)

-- The C compiler identification is unknown CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:81 (FILE): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/pi/EmulationStation/CMakeFiles/CompilerIdCXX/CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp for writing. Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:91 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_WRITE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:39 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake:138 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID) CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:81 (FILE): file Internal CMake error when trying to open file: /home/pi/EmulationStation/CMakeFiles/CompilerIdCXX/CMakeCXXCompilerId.cpp for writing. Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:91 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_WRITE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake:39 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake:138 (CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID) CMakeLists.txt:3 (project)

-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/g++-4.7 -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/g++-4.7 -- works -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done Looking for bcm_host.h bcm_host.h found Looking for libMali.so libMali.so not found CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (MESSAGE): Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_LIBRARY) Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:288 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:106 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS) CMakeLists.txt:45 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! pi@raspberry ~/EmulationStation $ cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 . Looking for bcm_host.h bcm_host.h found Looking for libMali.so libMali.so not found CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (MESSAGE): Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_LIBRARY) Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:288 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:106 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS) CMakeLists.txt:45 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! You have changed variables that require your cache to be deleted. Configure will be re-run and you may have to reset some variables. The following variables have changed: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER= g++-4.7

-- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/pi/EmulationStation

[DZHOYER]

I found it! It works!

cmake . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype/ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7

Then run

make

[DZHOYER]

Excuse me, typo there.

cmake . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype2/ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7

Notice the "2" after "/freetype"

Then run

make

[ghost]

Not for me!

[DZHOYER]

@binaryangel0100 May I see what command you ran before running "make"?

[ghost]

As stated in your solution

[LodeVlaeminck]

Just

sudo rm -r /Emulationstation

and start from cloning the git repo and it should work

[ghost]

Yes! This fixed it compiling now! Currently at 12% thank you so much!

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

---- LodeVlaeminck wrote ----

Just

sudo rm -r /Emulationstation

and start from cloning the git repo and it should work

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[ghost]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0P7l1XOwwdIUExKRWMwRTdOYnc&authuser=0 what!!!!!! the HELL MAN AFTER ALL THAT!!

[PrawnCocktail]

@binaryangel0100 Its working dude, it just cant start because you need to run it from a desktop environment, try emulationstation -h and see what result you get.

[ghost]

No i've ran it in the GUI and nothing happens and I mean nothing

[PrawnCocktail]

What was the output of emulationstation -h ?

[ghost]

help... but didn't help me enough to run ES

[PrawnCocktail]

what desktop environment are you running?

[ghost]

raspian

[PrawnCocktail]

does it boot into command line or directly to desktop? because the screen shots are obviously from command line.

[ghost]

command line

[PrawnCocktail]

in order for emulation station to start you have to boot into desktop and then run emulation station from a terminal window.

[ghost]

facepalm ONE HOUR AGO I SAID "No i've ran it in the GUI and nothing happens and I mean nothing" and you don't need to run it in the GUI at all once you type emulationstation it then kicks you into ES anyway or so every youtube Video leads me to believe

[PrawnCocktail]

video link?

[ghost]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq99cf1cuk8

[PrawnCocktail]

are you using retropie?

[ghost]

no I'm using the stand alone version

[ghost]

just to prove my point that terminal is still terminal regardless of interface https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0P7l1XOwwdIU0I2VDZ5NHpPbTQ/view?usp=sharing

[PrawnCocktail]

then i dont know, I have the exact same error as you, but only if I try to start via ssh or shell.

[Jcw87]

I had this problem, and i very quickly realized that I forgot to set the GPU RAM back to 256 MB. It was set to 32 MB because the compile instructions said to do so.

[ghost]

I did that but it said replace it was gpu_mem. I figured it was odd I'll try changing back to ram tomorrow I've lost the will to live with it and it is 3 am

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone

---- Jcw87 wrote ----

I had this problem, and i very quickly realized that I forgot to set the GPU RAM back to 256 MB. It was set to 32 MB because the compile instructions said to do so.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

[ghost]

nope!!! still dead :(

[ghost]

I was following this thread while trying to compile emulationstation, the stuff here was the only way I could get it to work, but now I'm having a completely different issue. My pi isn't plugged in right now, so I can't get the exact error message, but when I try to launch emulationstation it gives me something along the lines of "can't open shared library libsdl2-2.0.so.0: No such file or directory." libSDL2-2.0.so.0 is right where it belongs in /usr/local/, what gives? Anyone have an idea?

[ghub25]

I was having similar errors when compiling this from source on my pi B+ in raspbian.

What ended up working was using the retropie setup script and installing just emulation station, run command, retroarch, and mupen64 from binaries. Then, rebooting, going back into the setup script and reinstalling those same things but compiling from source this time.

[ghost]

Was this on a Pi 2 B+ or the original?

[ghub25]

mine is the Pi 1 B+ (the one with 512 mb ram), not sure for OP

[DZHOYER]

Ah. I had this same problem. What I did was run the RetroPie-Setup in the command line. so: 1st: ~$: cd RetroPie-Setup

2nd: ~$: sudo ./retropie_setup.sh you will get a window that looks like this: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10927343/6376864/8b93b3fa-bcee-11e4-9ad6-d7594221775c.jpeg

3rd: select the binaries-based installation and press enter

4th: you are back at this window: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10927343/6377165/687787c8-bcf0-11e4-82b1-b3e391bb0861.png

5th: select SETUP hit enter

6th: select Auto-Start EmulationStation hit enter https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10927343/6377269/04ca69d8-bcf1-11e4-9dc6-b3dbba6277e0.png

7th: select option 2 hit enter hit enter

8th: select cancel at the main window.

9th: at the next window, select REBOOT hit enter.

your system should now reboot and start emulationstation.

[xotan135]

After I ran cmake . -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype2/ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 that DZHOYER provided I got the following

CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "/home/pi/EmulationStation/g++-4.7" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name. CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "/home/pi/EmulationStation/g++-4.7" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name. CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "/home/pi/EmulationStation/g++-4.7" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name. CMake Error: your CXX compiler: "/home/pi/EmulationStation/g++-4.7" was not found. Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compiler path or name.

I had to run export CXX=g++-4.7

Just thought I would throw that in there in case someone runs into it....

Thanks for the great posts

[Protosshun]

pi@raspberrypi ~/EmulationStation $ cmake -DFREETYPE_INCUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype2/ -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 Looking for bcm_host.h bcm_host.h found Looking for libMali.so libMali.so not found CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (MESSAGE): Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS) Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:288 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:106 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS) CMakeLists.txt:45 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! You have changed variables that require your cache to be deleted. Configure will be re-run and you may have to reset some variables. The following variables have changed: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER= g++-4.7

-- Generating done CMake Warning: Manually-specified variables were not used by the project:

FREETYPE_INCUDE_DIRS

-- Build files have been written to: /home/pi/EmulationStation pi@raspberrypi ~/EmulationStation $

I got this problem with the tutorial please help. I installed freetype6 and freetype6-dev then downgraded to 2.4.9-1.1 but still the same error. After I run make i got this problem

-- Found X11: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11.so CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:97 (MESSAGE): Could NOT find Freetype (missing: FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS) Call Stack (most recent call first): /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:288 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE) /usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake:106 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS) CMakeLists.txt:45 (find_package)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! Makefile:120: recipe for target 'cmake_check_build_system' failed make: *\ [cmake_check_build_system] Error 1

[Nyken]

Having an issue with the cmake command. I am using the stand alone Raspberry Pi install instructions on http://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#install_rpi_standalone. I am at the step "Compile and install EmulationStation" > "cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 .". When entering this command I get a "cmake: command not found". I am positive that I followed all previous commands correctly. Has anyone seen something like this before?

Thanks

[xotan135]

sudo apt-get install cmake

I bet cmake is not installed

[lshorb]

Regarding the "can't open shared library libsdl2-2.0.so.0", can be fixed by prefixing the install to /usr/lib (adding --prefix=/usr to ./configure execution when building libsdl2) ./configure --disable-video-opengl --host=arm-raspberry-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/usr

[zchan1120]

Hello all. I've followed the instructions from http://emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html#install_rpi_standalone , but under "Compile and install EmulationStation", I get an error when I try to do the cmake. Something like missing file(folder?) SDL2-2.0.1 . I tried doing the cd RetroPie-Setup in the instructions above, but it says that file/folder does not exist. Any ideas?

[mrturcot]

This worked for me:

cmake . -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype2/

[TWDFan2009]

I am having trouble getting the cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-4.7 . to work any ideas on how to get it to work?

[joolswills]

@TWDFan2009 considering you have provided no information whatsoever, probably not!

[TWDFan2009]

what do you mean

[TWDFan2009]

it is a pi 2