Step for install retroarch on ubuntu 12.10

RetroArch General
#1

Hello. Is possible have the right deb file (or only 1 deb file) or .sh file for install properly retroarch (with some librertro)on ubuntu???

I have install some file from hunterk ppa… but phoenix not open my gbc file.

The problem is this… I need to start retroarch from SUDO because the libretro go on System directory and user account can’t readit

Please tell to me the best installation

#2

Hi naxil, sorry I missed you on IRC.

It installs the libretros to /usr/lib but you shouldn’t need sudo to access them. It only needs root if it’s going to write to the directory, which shouldn’t be necessary in this case.

If you’re trying to run a Gameboy Color game, you’ll need to install the packages for retroarch, retroarch-phoenix and libretro-gambatte.

Once they’re installed, there are three main ways to pick the correct libretro through RetroArch-Phoenix:

  1. If you only have a single libretro installed, since they register themselves as variants of libretro.so, you can also just point RA-P to /usr/lib/libretro.so and it should work.
  2. If you have multiple libretros installed, you can point RA-P to always load /usr/lib/libretro.so and then choose the libretro you want to use by typing ‘sudo update-alternatives --config libretro’ and then pick the one you want from the list
  3. Point RA-P to directly load whichever libretro you want to use, for example /usr/lib/libretro-gambatte.so.

Let me know if you have any more questions or if this doesn’t get you set up.