Unable to install libretro-stella on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Jardillier · 15 January 2017 03:57

Hi,

I am unable to install libretro-stella. When trying to install (testing PPA) :

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:


The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libretro-stella:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or
                                  libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I am using an ODROID C2 (Ubuntu 16.04 / ARM 64).

Is there a way to solve this problem ?

Thanks for your help.

hunterk · 15 January 2017 07:28

Does RetroArch install from the PPA? Do you already have it installed? Either way, you should be able to force-install, I think.

Jardillier · 15 January 2017 07:28

Yes, retroarch is installed and is working (with other cores like genesispluxgx, snes-next, …). How can I force install ?

hunterk · 15 January 2017 07:28

apt-get install -f, IIRC

Jardillier · 15 January 2017 07:28

Hi,

I’ve tried apt-get install -f and apt-get install -f libretro-stella and same message.

Thanks

sergio-br2 · 15 January 2017 07:28

I think you can’t use an ARMhf libretro core (32-bit) with a ARM64 frontend (64-bit). It should have a ARM64 package for this core in the next minutes, I’m updating it.

Tell us if you find another missing core for ARM64

Jardillier · 15 January 2017 07:29

Hi,

Thank you very much. I now have libretro-stella installed and working. Core missing for me are : mupen64plus and reicast. fceumm, genesisplusgx, prosystem, snesnext are OK and working.

hunterk · 15 January 2017 07:29

I don’t think reicast-libretro works on ARM at all currently. Mupen64plus probably does, but possibly only with the interpreter core, which is pretty slow vs the dynarec.

phoenix73 · 15 January 2017 07:59

I’m also trying to install libreto on Odroid C2. Same problem, so I moved from stable to testing but still some packages missing :

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libretro-bsnes-mercury-accuracy:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-bsnes-mercury-balanced:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-desmume:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-lutro:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-mame:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-mess:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-pcsx-rearmed:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-ppsspp:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable libretro-psp1:armhf : Depends: retroarch:armhf but it is not going to be installed or libretro-frontend:armhf but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Did some of them not compatible with arm64 or just not compiled yet ?

Thanks for your help

sergio-br2 · 15 January 2017 07:59

Take a look again at desmume and bsnes-mercury in the Testing PPA.

PCSX ReARMed does not have an ARM64 dynarec and it relies in neon from ARMhf… so you’ll see it only in ARMhf arch

For ppsspp and psp1, someone must update the ffmpeg build script to ARM64, the other things like dynarec I think it does not work on ARM64

phoenix73 · 15 January 2017 07:59

Hi Sergio

Just installed libretro-desmume and libretro-bsnes-mercury-*

Here is my current list on Odroid C2

ii libretro-2048:arm64 ii libretro-3dengine:arm64 ii libretro-4do:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-gba:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-lynx:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-ngp:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-pce-fast:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-pcfx:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-sgx:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-vb:arm64 ii libretro-beetle-wswan:arm64 ii libretro-bluemsx:arm64 ii libretro-bsnes-accuracy:arm64 ii libretro-bsnes-balanced:arm64 ii libretro-bsnes-mercury- ii libretro-bsnes-mercury- ii libretro-bsnes-mercury- ii libretro-bsnes-performance:arm64 ii libretro-catsfc:arm64 ii libretro-core-info ii libretro-craft:arm64 ii libretro-desmume:arm64 ii libretro-dinothawr:arm64 ii libretro-dosbox:arm64 ii libretro-eightyone:arm64 ii libretro-fba:arm64 ii libretro-fba-cps1:arm64 ii libretro-fba-cps2:arm64 ii libretro-fba-neogeo:arm64 ii libretro-fceumm:arm64 ii libretro-fmsx:arm64 ii libretro-fuse:arm64 ii libretro-gambatte:arm64 ii libretro-genesisplusgx:arm64 ii libretro-gme:arm64 ii libretro-gpsp:arm64 ii libretro-gw:arm64 ii libretro-handy:arm64 ii libretro-hatari:arm64 ii libretro-mednafen-psx:arm64 ii libretro-mgba:arm64 ii libretro-nestopia:arm64 ii libretro-nxengine:arm64 ii libretro-o2em:arm64 ii libretro-picodrive:arm64 ii libretro-prboom:arm64 ii libretro-prosystem:arm64 ii libretro-quicknes:arm64 ii libretro-snes9x:arm64 ii libretro-snes9x-next:arm64 ii libretro-stella:arm64 ii libretro-tgbdual:arm64 ii libretro-tyrquake:arm64 ii libretro-vba-next:arm64 ii libretro-vbam:arm64 ii libretro-vecx:arm64 ii libretro-virtualjaguar:arm64 ii libretro-yabause:arm64 ii retroarch ii retroarch-assets ii retroarch-dbg 1.0+r76~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for 2048. 1.0+r105~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro 3D Engine 1.3.2.3+r111~6~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for 4DO/libfreedo 0.9.36+r522~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle GBA core 0.9.32+r532~10~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle LYNX core 0.9.36.1+r685~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle NGP core 0.9.38.7+r666~13~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle PCE FAST core 0.9.33.3+r566~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle PCFX core 0.9.36+r545~10~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle SGX core 0.9.36.1+r557~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle VB core 0.9.35.1+r570~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle WSWAN core 0.020140411.svn1291+r92~9~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the blueMSX 094+r340~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes accuracy profile 094+r340~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes balanced profile accuracy:arm64 094+r201~18~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes-mercury accuracy core balanced:arm64 094+r201~18~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes-mercury balanced core performance:arm64 094+r201~18~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes-mercury performance core 094+r340~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for bsnes performance profile 1.36+r438~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for CATSFC 0.1+r1139.9~2~ubuntu16.04.1 all Info files for Libretro cores 1.0+r2~3~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Craft 0.9.11+r5198~23~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for DeSmuME 1.0+r401~18~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Dinothawr 0.020140105.svn3853+r190~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the DOSBox 1.0a+r112~1~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for EightyOne 0.2.97.38+r106+n55+co38+ct52~16~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.38+r106+n55+co38+ct52~16~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Final Burn Alpha CPS-1 core 0.2.97.38+r106+n55+co38+ct52~16~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Final Burn Alpha CPS-2 core 0.2.97.38+r106+n55+co38+ct52~16~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Final Burn Alpha Neo Geo core 0.020140105.svn106+r165~9~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for FCEUmm 3.9+r60~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the fMSX 1.1.1+r146~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Fuse 0.5.0+r535~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Gambatte 1.7.4+r745~13~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Genesis Plus GX 0.6.1+r1.g51.c308~3~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Blargg’s Game_Music_Emu 0.9+r262~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for gpSP 1.0+r8~2~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Game & Watch simulators 0.95+r62~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Handy 1.8+r4135.3~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Hatari 0.9.38.6+r1246~16~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for the Beetle PSX core 0.5.0-r20160919-a7a858d~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for mGBA 1.47+r502~9~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Nestopia 1.0.0.4+r446~4~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for NXEngine 1.18+r62~7~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for O2EM 1.91+r29~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for PicoDrive 2.5.0+r277~5~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for PrBoom 1.3e+r99~15~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for ProSystem 1+r298~3~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for QuickNES 1.53+r333~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Snes9x 1.52.4+r24~2~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Snes9x Next 3.9.3+r51.9~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Stella 0.8.3+r70~8~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for TGB Dual 0.62+r1507~5~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for TyrQuake 1.0.2+r12~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for VBA Next 1.8.0-svn+r1133~9~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for VBA-M 1.0+r50~5~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for VecX 2.1.0+r140~11~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Virtual Jaguar 0.9.14+r2513~14~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Libretro wrapper for Yabause 1.3.6+r446~49~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Simple frontend for the libretro library 0.1+r133~3~ubuntu16.04.1 all RetroArch assets for Lakka and RMenu 1.3.6+r446~49~ubuntu16.04.1 arm64 Simple frontend for the libretro library - debug symbols

[FONT=arial]I also build emulationstation 2.0.1a (2.0.1a+r272~3~ubuntu16.04.1), but I had to remove mali-x11 to get required build packages, libegl1-mesa-dev and libgles2-mesa-dev.

Sadly emulation with retroarch is slow as hell (it was way faster on Odroid C1) and I reinstalled [/FONT][FONT=arial][FONT=courier new][FONT=arial]mali-x11 ([/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial][FONT=courier new][FONT=arial][FONT=courier new][FONT=arial]libegl1-mesa-dev and libgles2-mesa-dev where removed by apt). Sadly no speed [/FONT]improvments

I don’t know what could be wrong now…

Ubuntu 16.04 Mate 2.1 image released today, I will do a clean reinstall [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

phoenix73 · 15 January 2017 08:00

updated to [FONT=arial][FONT=courier new][FONT=arial]Ubuntu 16.04 Mate v2.1 today and latest testing retroarch packages.

video is laggy on Genesis or NES game, even sound is not great.
I’m using GL for video and Alsa for sound. Also tried Pulse but it’s even worth

Tasks: 187 total, 2 running, 185 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 22.6 us, 2.5 sy, 0.0 ni, 74.9 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem : 1758628 total, 177736 free, 636500 used, 944392 buff/cache KiB Swap: 879296 total, 879296 free, 0 used. 1035860 avail Mem

Top during a NES game intro

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
775 root 20 0 334832 77432 16476 S 81.8 4.4 38:26.03 Xorg
8073 odroid 20 0 569736 42752 9832 S 15.6 2.4 0:05.67 retroarch
3856 odroid 9 -11 364732 7468 4648 S 2.3 0.4 0:36.31 pulseaudio

What arm64 boards are you using and what settings ? Hard to understand why Odroid C2 with its S905 performance is worth than Odroid C1 with S805

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