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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: jedione on June 24, 2020, 06:43:10 AM

Title: lynx install Q:
Post by: jedione on June 24, 2020, 06:43:10 AM

sorry but i am bran new to this,  being lynx

i am on rassberry pie 4,  running the twister os,

i would like to install AM on the desktop,    i am used to just DL am and running it frome the .exe  in windows 10

have never compiled before,   when i dl the lynx their is no exe in the file,  ?   after reading it looks like i need to open cmd and run some comands

could somone point me to a video,  or a detailed way to get going...

thanks,

Title: Re: lynx install Q:
Post by: hermine.potter on June 25, 2020, 02:57:59 AM

RPI uses a kind of linux distribution.
So you can not use windows executables / windows versions of your emulator.

for a quick start, use a web search engine and look, which emulators exists and how it's implemented in retropie:

retropie lynx
brings you to this thread (https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Atari-Lynx)

Title: Re: lynx install Q:
Post by: keilmillerjr on June 25, 2020, 08:07:32 AM

Lynx is a handheld console by Atari.

Raspberry pi is a small board computer.

Exe is a windows executable (binary). You must use Windows on your raspberry pi to run an exe. There are other, better, operating systems available for the raspberry pi. I suggest spending some time Wikipedia computer operating systems first. Dos, windows, Unix, linux., Mac.

TwisterOS sounds like a confusing joke. It uses apt. So it's Debian Linux based. It's not windows. It's not Mac. It has a desktop environment and retropie? :Facepalm:

Title: Re: lynux install Q:
Post by: jedione on June 25, 2020, 12:45:15 PM

so in your opinion, keil,  what would be the best and cleanest way for me to

to go abought getting AM to run on my new raspberry pi 4 8gig,   thanks for any input you might have

linux,,,yes

Title: Re: lynx install Q:
Post by: keilmillerjr on June 25, 2020, 01:33:14 PM

I created a guide on my arcade mvs wiki. However, there are changes with the raspberry pi 4. You might want to read my guide and then ask oomek and joyrider3774 about changes with attract and pi 4.

Title: Re: lynx install Q:
Post by: jedione on June 25, 2020, 04:40:10 PM

 Will do that thanks, bro....