No longer i386 debian support?

[BenoitAveline]

Hi,
I recently discovered ES on raspberry, and having an old PC with debian on it, I tried to make it work on it. But unfortunately the compilation method didn't work very good and the i386 deb package link is dead. Is it supported ?
EDIT : Sorry for my bad english, I'm french.

[Aloshi]

It should work fine, I just don't have a 32-bit Debian computer available and I don't know how to cross-compile on a 64-bit one. Could you post what issues you had when compiling?

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

Aloshi, can you use a 32bit virtual-box?

[nilsbyte]

@Rovhell can you please post a console log of the compile process?

[BenoitAveline]

Ok so I found the problem : my (very old) computer needs a not-as-old graphic card to support this. It doesn't support OpenGL. A friend of mine is checking his boxes to find a not-too-young-but-still-younger graphic card. More infos soon.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

well that explains that, i have a fairly new GTX 650 Ti Boost so... as well as a i5-4690k
strange thing is is can't suspend when VB is running, i recall doing that with my Phenom II 965, not that that is relavant...
if he has old computers, just borrow a hdd and dualboot 32bit/64bit on diff HDDs
If you disconnect your current drive during the install process then reconnect it and run sudo update-grub on the 32bit os you can dual boot and remove the 32bit hdd and it will boot just like it used to ro the 64bit os

in VB i think there is a tick box you have to check to run opengl in it (specific to each vb )

[nilsbyte]

Nevermind @GM-Script-Writer-62850 i was thinking of Win8 in VB which does not support OpenGL properly. Sorry for confusion.

@Rovhell we will wait for your compile log.

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

so any luck with the 32bit linux build? (then i can give some old p4 systems a new purpose)

[sergiobenrocha2]

Where is the debian package source? I think I can help. The debian package have to be compatible with wheezy?

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

it does compile on i386 just fine, here is the binary (utf8 branch)
https://www.mediafire.com/?g6nzad9l4rl9zle

@Aloshi add build-essential and some/all of these are needed also liboost-dev, libboost-locale-dev, libboost-locale1.54-dev
also es will not run without libboost-locale1.54.0 installed

[GM-Script-Writer-62850]

32bit binary with installer (tested on xubuntu 14.04 32bit)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o6cerq4mcq804w6/EmulationStation.debian.i386+amd64.tar.bz2

[sergiobenrocha2]

I make a ubuntu ppa for ES, packages for 14.04 and 14.10, i386 and amd64. You should install emulationstation-theme-simple package too.

https://launchpad.net/~emulationstation/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

[buhtz]

When it is so easy to build a i386-deb package why isn't there an official one?

@sergiobenrocha2 Why do you seperate the project and create an PPA. It would be more user-friendly when you would offer the package to ES so that they can release it on their site.

[sergiobenrocha2]

Uh, PPA is user friendly... and it ensures you'll install the right package for your ubuntu instalation (think about the dependencies).
As far I remember, the official deb package is built for Debian, right?

[buhtz]

Of course it depends on the viewpoint. For me as a user a PPA is always a workaround and a third party foreign source for software. It is the last and worst choice because of that.
A trustable and stable source for software is the Distriubtion or the Software-Developer himself.

And from the viewpoint of open source it is waste of resources when a project/software is separated in to much pieces on to many plattforms. It would be nice if the i386 package would be offered on the official website.

[sergiobenrocha2]

I'm quite tired about FUD on PPAs...

[sergiobenrocha2]

"Why do you seperate the project and create an PPA"

Because I wanted dude. And I didn't separate anything... if you are a debian user, open an ITP bug or whatever, don't bother about ubuntu users.

[buhtz]

I'm quite tired about FUD on PPAs...

What is a FUD?

Because I wanted dude. And I didn't separate anything...

There is no reason to became rude. Please remember the Netiquette and the decent education your parents gave to you.

if you are a debian user, open an ITP bug or whatever, don't bother about ubuntu users.

I am a Ubuntu user.

We have just different point of views. You made your point very clear. Thank you very much.
kind regards

[joolswills]

He wasn't being rude. You are just missing the point. A PPA is the best way of doing this, and no-one is working on the main ES website.

[sergiobenrocha2]

Be happy @buhtz, here:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820750
https://mentors.debian.net/package/emulationstation

Edit: I packaged the 2.0.1a release, but the fork from #563 seems pretty serious. What do you think @Aloshi ?

[sergiobenrocha2]

Btw, the forum is flooded by spam right now
@Aloshi @nilsbyte