Problems with Ubuntu 17.10 snap

RetroArch Linux devices
#1

Having a few issues getting Retroarch installed on the new release.

I can see the latest version in the Software Centre, so I assume this is a snap package? Anyways firstly the app won’t launch from the icon it installs. It says “Failed to Launch “Retroarch” - desktop file didn’t specify Exec field”. I tried installing Alacarte to edit the file but it doesn’t help.

I can run it from a terminal, but if I do so it takes a long time to launch and when it does it will not recognise the controller. I updated the autoconfig profiles first before attempting to bind the controls and even relaunched from the terminal but it made no difference. At first I thought it might be a permissions thing but the directory it defaults to seems to be writable.

Grateful for any help. :slight_smile:

#2

Yeah, that package still needs some work. I haven’t had some of those issues in my own testing, but I have had others, too… Thanks for the report. I’ll try to do some work on it this weekend.

#3

The first launch takes some time because we have to copy assets to the snap user directory. This package will include assets, database, cheats,joypad autoconfig, info cores, overlay and shaders.