permission denied to create work tree dir

[OdieArbuckle]

Hi,

I'm having the below issue installing it on a Vero4k+. How can I fix this? I've tried shutting down Kodi to avoid interference with the installer script. What directory should I grant permissions to?

Thx! Odie

[hissingshark]

You appear to be installing under /etc, which is where configuration files go. You should be installing in /home/osmc

[OdieArbuckle]

@hissingshark, thanks, I'll give it a shot ;-)

[OdieArbuckle]

Nope, same issue:

[hissingshark]

I'm looking into it - starting with trying to reproduce the issue. There are other issues at the moment, which are potentially related,

[hissingshark]

In your second attempt you seem to be user "root". Did you su root or something?

The install instructions are were:

cd
git clone https://github.com/hissingshark/retrOSMCmk2.git
cd retrOSMCmk2
sudo ./setup.sh

So you'd be user "osmc" and the repo would have been cloned to the home directory.

[OdieArbuckle]

I've considered that too. I've tried both. First I tried using the regular osmc user but this didn't work either. Last I tried using root in that same folder but to no avail. Do you need a screenshot of it?

[hissingshark]

Sorry, I have been unable to reproduce the issue. Given you started out doing things your own way, I suspect there is something more to the problem.

[OdieArbuckle]

I could resintall the Vero4K with osmc and try from a clean install? I could then follow the the retropie procedure exactly as shown in the tutorial. Can I enable debug logs after the clean install before starting retropie install? Which logs should I enable?

[hissingshark]

I think that's the only way for you to move forwards unfortunately. There's no logging for the installer itself. I do all this installing and re-installing on my own system before I publish anything, so it should just work.

[OdieArbuckle]

No point in keeping this one open