We’ll need to do a little initial configuration before we start adding consoles and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure that your power, hdmi, keyboard and sd card are all plugged in. Turn it on. You should see the retropie start up. First some linux startup, then a retropie start up screen and finally an emulation station startup screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At this point you will get a prompt to configure your controller. Just hit F4 to get out to a command line. First we’re going to get SSH setup so that we can work directly on the pi from a terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Type this in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo raspi-config<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nYou’ll now be in the Rasberry Pi configuration tool. Scroll to #3 Interface Options. Then scroll to P2 SSH. Accept the security risk warning. Hit Ok on the confirmation page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re connected to ethernet at this point you can skip the section on configuring WIFI, you should have an IP assigned by your router via DHCP (assuming you are using it) and you should be able to find the pi on the network and SSH in. If you need to setup WIFI, I’ll explain how to do that in this optional section<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Optional) Configure WIFI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think RetroPie’s configuration tool is much easier to use to setup WIFI than the stock raspberry pi tool. You can start it up via<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ sudo RetroPie-Setup\/retropie_setup.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nNavigate to Configuration\/tools<\/code>, then 843 wifi<\/code>, then 1 Connect to WiFi network<\/code>. Select 1 Connect to WiFi network<\/code>. You should be presented with a list of networks, locate yours and select it. Enter your wifi password. You should see a connecting window before you’re put back on the Configure Wifi screen. Make sure that you’re on the correct ESSID and make note of the wireless IP. This is the address you’ll SSH into.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSSH in to Finish Config<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Escape back out to the command line (hit esc until you get to a command line) and find the IP address assigned to the pi (if you don’t have it already). Run ipconfig (InterFaceCONFIG) to find out how the pi is talking to your network<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ ifconfig\neth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500\n inet 192.168.1.128 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255\n inet6 fe80::6907:f704:f485:eed8 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>\n ether b8:27:eb:66:4d:b3 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)\n RX packets 24400 bytes 1942963 (1.8 MiB)\n RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0\n TX packets 328 bytes 48981 (47.8 KiB)\n TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0\n\nlo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536\n inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0\n inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>\n loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)\n RX packets 92 bytes 7200 (7.0 KiB)\n RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0\n TX packets 92 bytes 7200 (7.0 KiB)\n TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0\n\nwlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500\n inet 192.168.1.127 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255\n inet6 fe80::9a6:f707:c497:6ba9 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>\n ether b8:27:eb:33:18:e6 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)\n RX packets 7241 bytes 619953 (605.4 KiB)\n RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0\n TX packets 30 bytes 6340 (6.1 KiB)\n TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nYou should see something like this. Pick the interface you want to connect to. I’m on both ethernet (eth0) and wireless (wlan0) in this example. Your IP is the address following inet<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou’ll be prompted for a username and password. The default user is pi <\/code>and the default password is raspberry<\/code>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAdditional Configuration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Get back into retropie_config<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n$ sudo RetroPie-Setup\/retropie_setup.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nBy default Retropie comes with some packages already installed. These are core packages (retroarch, emulationstation and the retropiemenu) and the main packages (pretty much all of the supported emulators for libretro, which means that they’ve been verified to be compatible with retroarch). A list of the emulators can be found in the RetroPie docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n(Optional) Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
However, since we’ve just installed, lets do a quick update before we do anything in case there’s updates that have been made. I’m not sure if this is necessary, its just something I do for every install. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the main retropie setup screen hit U Update<\/code> and confirm to update the installed packages. Confirm the latest version of the retropie script. Might as well pick up the kernel updates as well. This will take awhile. <\/p>\n\n\n\nInstall Additional Packages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Core and Main packages are always installed by default. If you want to install a core or some other software package you’ll need to add it manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Optional Packages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First go to the optional package menu via P Manage Packages, opt<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n