Make Sure that your Raspberry Pi is connected to Wifi or ethernet before doing this step.ģ) Once the Script is downloaded you need to execute the script as follows:Ĥ) Make sure to run command line by line as shown, refer the video shown below on how to install the RetroPieĦ) Once the above step is done, you can see that after the computer reboots, it will open the EmulationStation by default, if you want to access command terminal, you need to press F4 on you keyboard to exit the EmulationStation, you can type emulationstation in the command terminal to open EmulationStation back again. Raspberry Pi IP address can be found out by running the ifconfig Command in your LX terminal. If you are wondering how to copy paste this, then you can either open this blog in the Raspberry pi browser or It is recommended to use putty on your computer to access the Raspberry Pi terminal.ĭownload and Install Putty to run Command via computer:ĭownload Putty from here and install it, then you need to enter you Raspberry Pi IP address in the space provided, refer the following image for the same: Set EmulationStation as default boot option (video)ġ) Open the command terminal, refer the following image if you don’t have idea where is it:Īll you need to do is copy the mentioned command line by line and paste it(mouse right click) to the terminal.
How to create a emulationstation desktop shortcut to get to back to RetroPie from the Pixel Desktop, without going to the command line! Note: This Only works on a Retropie image and not if you manually install Retropie on your existing Raspbian image.