Lab46 Wiki

Download page: https://www.archlinux.org/download/ Installation Guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

Save the iso file and bootstrap files to a USB.

1# dmesg to find the /dev/sdx (for example my usb was /dev/sdb)

2# dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress && sync

3# ping archlinux.org (to check for internet connection)

4# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 to partition the root drive to sda1 with ext4 filesystem

5# pacstrap /mnt base (to install base packages)

6# genfstab -U /mnt » /mnt/etc/fstab

7# arch-chroot /mnt (change into root)

8# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime (/Region/City = /America/New_York)

9# hwclock –systohc

10# locale-gen (to generate the locales[stuff like keyboard layouts and date order and such])

11# hostnamectl set-hostname myhostname (make sure /etc/hostname exists[also go into /etc/hosts and add the hostname to the list])

12# passwd (to change root password)

13# grub-install –target=i386-pc /dev/sdx

14# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

15# exit

16# unmount /mnt

17# reboot

18# useradd -m -g initial_group -G additional_groups -s login_shell username

19# pacman -S plasma-meta (this downloads the KDE Plasma desktop environment)

20# systemctl enable sddm.service ( sym link and enables sddm display manager)

21# install xorg-xinit xf86-video-intel xterm (then reboot)

22# pacman -S firefox

23# pacman -S i3

to change root use: arch-chroot

if stuck on loading GUI try [alt+F2]

once logged in as user use “su” to switch to root with the root password.

VirtualBox

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox

install virtualbox package install linux-lts-headers package

install nginx package

nginx web server on Debian VirtualBox

mediawiki

Good source for installing Raspbian with NOOBS https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/noobs-install

My trials:

Using a USB thumb drive: I first make sure it is formatted in FAT32, if not plug it into your computer, if in the GUI on windows you would go to file explorer right click the appropriate drive, select properties and look for NTFS or FAT32 formatting and selecting FAT32.

Once that is formatted and cleared of other files, plug it into the raspberry pi and give it a couple of seconds (some usb come with a light that flashes while using, and static when ready to eject) once done, pull from the pi and I plugged it back into my regular desktop. Now the USB should have a retropie directory and within that a roms folder that contains a folder for each supported emulator.

For example within the roms folder is a snes folder (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in which you will place all your SNES roms. Through trial and error, I found that placing the unzipped rom file was best verse leaving it zipped or unzipped in a folder ( so not roms/snes/Super\ Mario\ World/Super\ Mario\ World.smc but roms/snes/Super\ Mario\ World.smc) That way when scraper for say, video snap previews, they will run fluidly while scrolling through the roms and see the video, rather than needing to click into the folder, to see the preview of the rom.

Worth knowing: the default hotkey key is select.

combine it with other buttons to make it SUPREME!

of note:

Steven Selphs Scraper https://github.com/sselph/scraper.git

This scraper from what I have found is an upgrade from the default scraper that is built into emulationstation.

To run:
~/Retropie_Setup/retropie_setup.sh

then select 
    * Manage Packages
    * Manage optional packages
    * scraper (Bottom of list)
    * Configure / tools

if running the scraper on the pi itself, expect it to take some time!