# RetroArch Megathread

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Tags:** retroarch, howto\
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716 "2018-07-25T05:04:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 19

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**Author:** ![Wizz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/wizz/32/216_2.png) [@Wizz](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Wizz)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/370 "2019-07-08T14:03:31Z")

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You can check these threads; [How to transfer files with TinyCloud through SSH](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-transfer-files-with-tinycloud-through-ssh/833) and [How to add new emulators (Gameboy, SNES, etc.)](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-add-new-emulators-gameboy-snes-etc/862)

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**Author:** ![limin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@limin](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/limin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/371 "2019-07-08T14:20:56Z")

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Hi I tried your steps and tried to run a MAME game but it says failed to load content, what format should roms be to move into and where can I find it

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**Author:** ![Wizz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/wizz/32/216_2.png) [@Wizz](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Wizz)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/372 "2019-07-08T14:34:41Z")

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Hi, i unfortunatley do not have my gameshell at hand now, but will check when i get home and let you know ! I think they are \*.zip based so your action.config file should contain that as file type.

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**Author:** ![limin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@limin](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/limin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/373 "2019-07-08T14:56:37Z")

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Thanks for info Whizz and if you can please share a link to roms which are in zip

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Joel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Sir\_Joel](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Sir_Joel)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/374 "2019-07-09T15:18:43Z")

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Probably shouldn’t be asking for roms here.

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**Author:** ![Cecilectomy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/cecilectomy/32/1358_2.png) [@Cecilectomy](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Cecilectomy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/375 "2019-07-09T21:28:34Z")

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definitely shouldn’t, anywhere tbh.

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**Author:** ![CatherineB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CatherineB](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/CatherineB)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/376 "2019-07-12T17:12:14Z")

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Ah thank you! Stupid mistake… Fixed now…

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**Author:** ![CatherineB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CatherineB](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/CatherineB)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/377 "2019-07-12T18:48:12Z")

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I’ve been working through your instructions and everything seems to work fine until I run make -j4 Then it reaches this point and hangs. Please could you let me know what I need to tweak. Thanks

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/3/3a5ad939c32ba791974d5c838a87e2afcf8c1f78.png)

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**Author:** ![Leo\_9](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/leo_9/32/2887_2.png) [@Leo\_9](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Leo_9)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/378 "2019-07-30T18:22:05Z")

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hello,  
I’m having the same problem as you had,

> [@Enargy](#):
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> Edit: This worked – `bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hpcodecraft/Gameshell/master/retroarch/setup.sh)`

I’m a bit confused as to when you did this, or what you did to get it working?  
thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Enargy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/enargy/32/2783_2.png) [@Enargy](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Enargy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/379 "2019-07-30T18:51:43Z")

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> [@Leo\_9](#):
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> bash \<(curl -s [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hpcodecraft/Gameshell/master/retroarch/setup.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hpcodecraft/Gameshell/master/retroarch/setup.sh))

sure thing…

so you just want to run this command:

```
bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hpcodecraft/Gameshell/master/retroarch/setup.sh)

```

that will download a setup script for you.

after that, you may have to set executable permissions on that file. to do that, use this command:

```
sudo chmod +x setup.sh

```

once that is done, you can run the setup script like so:

```
./setup.sh

```

then the thing should just run and uhhhh you’ll be good to go. could take a while to compile everything. iirc i had to leave mine download/compiling for 15 minutes… maybe more?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_9](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/leo_9/32/2887_2.png) [@Leo\_9](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Leo_9)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/380 "2019-07-30T19:02:44Z")

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Great, thanks so much! I’ll try it as soon as I can!

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**Author:** ![Leo\_9](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/leo_9/32/2887_2.png) [@Leo\_9](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Leo_9)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/381 "2019-07-30T19:05:47Z")

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Just noticed the website sends a 404, I’ll look for a mirror

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**Author:** ![Enargy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/enargy/32/2783_2.png) [@Enargy](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Enargy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/382 "2019-07-30T22:59:05Z")

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It does? Let me know if you need me to grab a backup from my gameshell.

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**Author:** ![Bodysnatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@Bodysnatcher](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Bodysnatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/383 "2019-08-02T15:01:47Z")

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Hi to all,  
please allow me a total noop question.  
I have tried to follow your guide.

1. i opend the ssh connection to my GH -\> works fine
2. the command: sudo apt-get install git build-essential -\> works fine
3. the command: sudo apt-get build-dep retroarch -\> works fine
4. git clone [https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch.git) retroarch -\> i dont have seen any error messages, so i think -\> woks fine
5. the command: cd retroarch -\> No such file or directory  
do you know what i have done wrong?  
And Retroarch is now gone from my Start Menu and even when i browse all dirs via FTP i dont have a Retroarch dir… ☹  
Thank you for your Help 🙂

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**Author:** ![Bodysnatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@Bodysnatcher](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Bodysnatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/384 "2019-08-02T21:36:01Z")

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Several times later i found out it works,  
but each time GS freezes at line : CXX deps/SPIRV-Cross/spirv\_parser.cpp  
rally, each time…  
i have already burned several cards…  
Any ideas regarding these error messages…?

 ![16](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/8/8268e9c0b0817f0b205ba2d13a97429ed40f9f2d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/385 "2019-08-31T11:53:12Z")

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Did all the step and retroarch just crashes. ☹

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**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/386 "2019-08-31T13:13:55Z")

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im trying to setup a fresh install of 0.21 and some weird things are happening when I start to build the environment. never occurred before. is it outdated? am I forced to use 0.4 now?

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**Author:** ![Micro007](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/micro007/32/745_2.png) [@Micro007](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Micro007)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/387 "2019-09-02T20:52:45Z")

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Figured it out. Good to go on 0.21 with RA 1.7.8

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**Author:** ![John\_Bach](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/john_bach/32/2315_2.png) [@John\_Bach](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/John_Bach)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/388 "2019-09-05T19:02:14Z")

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cant get XMB working at all, keeps reverting to the defauly setup, but I can change the color pallete…

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**Author:** ![mooja3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mooja3](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mooja3)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/retroarch-megathread/716/389 "2019-09-15T21:22:41Z")

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What was the issue? I cant get 1.7.8 to load at all, but 1.7.7 works without issue

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