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batocera-linux / batocera-emulationstation

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Linux #1203

Closed CursingOwl closed 2 years ago

CursingOwl commented 2 years ago

is there a way to compile this version of batocera-emulationstation for linux? or better yet a linux release? (the original is wonky can't scrape can't even exit the program without shutting down the entire machine)

lbrpdx commented 2 years ago

Batocera is a Linux distribution, so yes, obviously, you can compile Batocera-EmulationStation under Linux. You even have the instructions written on the main GitHub page: https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera-emulationstation#building

Now, if you want to run it on a different distribution than Batocera or the other retrogaming-oriented Linux distributions that ship with this version of EmulationSttion (Emuelec, Amberelec…) you’ll need to adapt many paths and binaries around it. Everything is in the code, but I’d recommend to stick with a supported Linux distribution that ships EmulationStation in its binary form with it if you don’t know how to do it.

Hew-ux commented 2 years ago

@CursingOwl Assuming you're just an end-user who simply wants to use a standalone version of ES, try this out: https://www.es-de.org/

As Lbrpdx said, trying to use Batocera's ES in another system requires a lot of manual setup.