SOLVED: PCSX2 Core failing to load

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#1

Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop. RA is installed from the Stable PPA.

[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.3 (Git 9b282aa742)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] CPU Model Name: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor            
[INFO] Capabilities:  MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4 SSE4.2 AES AVX AVX2
[INFO] Built: Apr 22 2022
[INFO] Version: 1.10.3
[INFO] Git: 9b282aa742
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/home/fremu/.config/retroarch/cores/pcsx2_libretro.so"
[ERROR] Failed to open libretro core: "/home/fremu/.config/retroarch/cores/pcsx2_libretro.so"
Error(s): libaio.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols.

Any other info I need to provide?

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#2

So, apparently libaio.so.1 was not installed:

fremu@FREMU:~$ ldd ~/.config/retroarch/cores/pcsx2_libretro.so
    linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffff1e0000)
    libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f77fd3f9000)
    libaio.so.1 => not found
    libGL.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f77fd372000)
    libGLU.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1 (0x00007f77fd31c000)
    librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f77fd317000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f77f09d6000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f77f08ef000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f77fd2f5000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f77fd2f0000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f77f06c7000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f77fd429000)
    libGLdispatch.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0x00007f77f060f000)
    libGLX.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007f77f05d9000)
    libOpenGL.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so.0 (0x00007f77f05ad000)
    libX11.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f77f046d000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f77f0443000)
    libXau.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f77f043d000)
    libXdmcp.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f77f0433000)
    libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f77f041b000)
    libmd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmd.so.0 (0x00007f77f040e000)

I installed it and it is now linked but can’t test just yet:

fremu@FREMU:~$ ldd ~/.config/retroarch/cores/pcsx2_libretro.so
    linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff83343000)
    libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f360b225000)
    libaio.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1 (0x00007f360b220000)
    libGL.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f360b199000)
    libGLU.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1 (0x00007f360b143000)
    librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f360b13e000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f35fe7d6000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f35fe6ef000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f360b11c000)
    libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f360b117000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f35fe4c7000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f360b255000)
    libGLdispatch.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0x00007f35fe40f000)
    libGLX.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007f35fe3db000)
    libOpenGL.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so.0 (0x00007f35fe3af000)
    libX11.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f35fe26f000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f35fe245000)
    libXau.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f360b10f000)
    libXdmcp.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f360b107000)
    libbsd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f35fe22d000)
    libmd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmd.so.0 (0x00007f360b0f8000)

Why would this not have been installed as a dependency since I installed RA from the Stable PPA?

John

#3

libaio is not a dependency for RetroArch but rather for the core. We try to minimize core dependencies to avoid this sort of situation, but sometimes it’s unavoidable.

#4

I not have libaio, but has libaio1. Both are the same dependency ?

#5

I believe the libaio1 package installs the libaio.so library.