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  • 07/07/2013 at 06:27 #2387
    ckyle22
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    I had RetroPie installed from source some months ago. It took a long time to compile but it worked and I wanted to update the emulators and such to the latest versions. I did something wrong because it didn’t work. So I downloaded the premade SD Card image that was posted here and it works great. However, I still want to know if it’s possible to update RetroPie (the emulators, RetroArch itself and EmulationStation, etc) and if so, how do I do it?

    Because apparently the binaries from the SD Card image are from April.

    07/09/2013 at 13:30 #2420
    resentedpoet
    Participant

    did you remember to update the retropie setup script first? In order to update RetroPie, you first update the setup script, then update the binaries.

    07/10/2013 at 06:52 #2438
    petrockblog
    Keymaster

    Alternatively to what resentedpoet said, you could run the Setup Script and use the “source-based installation” to update individual components. Depending on the selected components this could take some time, though.

    07/11/2013 at 07:19 #2443
    petrockblog
    Keymaster

    I just added an option to the RetroPie Script for updating the binaries of an existing installation, see https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/How-to-Update-an-Existing-RetroPie-Installation.

    07/13/2013 at 15:10 #2459
    jcx1028
    Participant

    Here’s a potentially dumb question… How do I get to the main menu of the RetroPie Setup Script in order to update the binaries?

    07/13/2013 at 22:00 #2462
    resentedpoet
    Participant

    @jcx1028

    I’m assuming you are auto booting into emulation station. From ES, press F4 to exit. You should still have your RetroPie-Setup folder located in your home folder. Launch the file retropie_setup using the command

    sudo ./retropie_setup.sh and follow petrockblog’s instructions.

    07/13/2013 at 22:02 #2463
    jcx1028
    Participant

    Awesome. Thank you. I appreciate your help.

    07/25/2013 at 01:58 #2539
    ckyle22
    Participant

    [quote=2443]I just added an option to the RetroPie Script for updating the binaries of an existing installation, see https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/How-to-Update-an-Existing-RetroPie-Installation.[/quote]I don’t see that option even though I updated the setup script.

    07/25/2013 at 02:04 #2540
    ckyle22
    Participant

    Nevermind, it works. It didn’t update the setup script properly. Thank you. :)

    07/25/2014 at 03:24 #19365
    deaftolight
    Participant

    If you install from source and then choose update binaries, will that overwrite your install from source, and downgrade any emulators if the source was newer at the time of install?

    02/03/2015 at 07:38 #86464
    chito
    Participant

    Why isnt there only one update feature that updates the scripts and then updates the binaries?

    wait is that cause it needs to reboot after updating the scripts?

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